Teachers to resume measures after dialogue fails again
Primary education teachers’ union Poed said on Thursday they would resume strike measures after dialogue with the education ministry went nowhere. Earlier in the month,...
Education
Teachers unions upset over plans for study on state schools
Teachers unions are concerned about the Council of Ministers’ decision to approve the hiring of consultants to carry out a study of state schools....
The language gap
On a recent trip to Belgium I soon realised that every person I encountered spoke at least four languages, its three national languages – Flemish,...
Delinquency in schools survey planned
THE House education committee approved on Wednesday a survey of school students the result of which would help draft policy against delinquency in schools. The...
Students from both sides work together on innovative projects
More than 90 students took part in the third bi-communal innovation camp last week. “The innovation camp is aimed at encouraging young people to use...
High-level of tertiary education but low levels of basic skills
Cyprus maintains a very high level of tertiary educational attainment but persists in having relatively low levels of basic skills, a report just published reveals....
Renewed pay increases eating in to education budget
Despite the financial squeeze, the resources allocated to the ministry of education over the past three years has remained constant overall, underscoring this administration’s commitment...
House ponders abolishing religious school holiday (Updated)
The House education committee is looking into pushing for the abolition of the Three Hierarchs school holiday, its chairman Kyriacos Hadjiyiannis said on Monday....
Psychologists warn on violence in schools
In the wake of recent incidents of school violence the Pancyprian Association of Psychologists (Pasypsy) has voiced concerns that projects like literacy programmes and the...
News podcast: UK education fair, Movember and German language month
The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in international and local...
Deadline extended for submission of student grants
The period of submission for student grants for the academic year 2015/2016 has been extended until November 15, 2016 by the Student Welfare Service (SWS)...
Academy of science, letters and arts to be created
Cyprus is among the few European countries without an academy of science, letters and arts, Education Minister Costas Kadis said on Thursday at a ceremony...
Teachers suspend periodic strike measures for now
Primary education teachers’ union Poed announced on Thursday it would suspend for two weeks the strike measures it decided on last month over the employment...
Local and Syrian students in school punch-up
Police said on Wednesday groups of local pupils and their Syrian asylum seeker peers were involved in a fight at Lefkara gymnasium which resulted...
Teachers take measures for second week, may call off planned future stoppages
Classes at the Famagusta district primary schools began an hour later on Wednesday as teachers went on a one-hour work stoppage, while their union, Poed,...
Teachers could very well be operating outside the law
TEACHERS’ union Poed and each teacher individually would be committing criminal and disciplinary offences should they opt to ignore the education ministry’s directives in...
German language month begins next week
November is the month of the German language, and for the sixth consecutive year the German Cyprus language teachers association, the education ministry, the Goethe...
Staff member at school which ‘forgot’ girl on outing is suspended
A private school for children with special needs has suspended a member of their managerial staff over an incident that took place earlier in the...
Pupil stabbed in chest (Updated)
Education Minister Costas Kadis expressed his sorrow on Wednesday over the stabbing in the chest of a 17-year-old by a fellow student of the same...
Staff locked girl inside and went on school trip (Updated)
A Limassol mother reported on Wednesday that staff at a private school for children with special needs accidentally locked her 19-year-old daughter inside and went...
