Three teens to be charged in school beating (Updated)
Three 16-year-old girls were arrested in connection with the beating of a classmate, also 16, in a Limassol school on Thursday, which was recorded and...
Education
Loans and grants still available for students in England starting 2017
Cypriot students, as with their EU counterparts, applying for English university places in the 2017 to 2018 academic year will still have access to student...
Turkish Cypriot texts aim to promote peace says ministry
Teaching Turkish Cypriot literary texts in state high schools is part of the education ministry’s goal of promoting a peace culture and is not subject...
Teachers earn nearly three times as much as average Cypriot
TEACHERS in Cyprus earn nearly three times as much as the average Cypriot, a new study shows In most EU countries the maximum salary for...
Larnaca teacher alleges attack by student (Updated)
Police are looking into a complaint made by a teacher that for as yet unknown reasons he was attacked by a 15-year-old boy at a...
Youngest teachers in Europe
Cyprus employs 4,000 primary school teachers, 83.7 per cent of whom are female, 16.3 per cent male and only 3.5 per cent aged over 50,...
Kadis promotes reform agenda to primary school heads
The reform of the educational system is an obligation to society and its children, Education Minister Costas Kadis said on Monday. Kadis met with preschool...
Kadis: no going back on contracts decision
THE cabinet will not rethink its decision on the employment status of a number of teachers who will be called to work as substitutes, Education...
Cabinet approves more cash for student grants
The cabinet has unanimously approved an increase of €2.25 million for student grants in 2016, raising the amount from €3.75 million to €6 million. In...
Teachers union demands president intervenes in contract dispute, issues deadline
PRIMARY education teachers’ union Poed on Thursday gave a deadline until October 12 for President Nicos Anastasiades to intervene and satisfy their demands on the...
Primary school teachers threaten further work stoppages
THE primary school teachers’ union Poed strongly hinted at further strike action on Wednesday if the education ministry failed to allay concerns over the employment...
Savvidou: schools no place for religious outings
STATE institutions including schools should operate as such and not as faithful adherents to religious traditions and practices, Ombudswoman Eliza Savvidou said, following complaints that...
Cypriot children in Skype event with ESA astronaut
More than 1,000 pupils will have the opportunity on Friday to chat through Skype with the European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Paolo Nespoli who is...
Oxford ranked as world’s top university, TEPAK in top 500 – Times Higher Education
The University of Oxford has become the first British university to top the Times Higher Education’s global league table, knocking the California Institute of Technology...
Teachers union has failed to back up its claims of shortages, Kadis says
The public spat between the education ministry and state primary school teachers which led to a one-hour work stoppage on Wednesday is ongoing with union...
Primary teachers in one hour walkout
State primary school teachers’ union Poed on Tuesday urged parents to support their one-hour work stoppage on Wednesday and criticised the education ministry for misinforming...
Kindergarten teachers to strike in support or primary-school colleagues
State kindergarten teachers announced on Tuesday they would join their primary education colleagues on Wednesday in a planned work stoppage as a show of solidarity....
Kadis baffled by teachers’ objections to substitutes
EDUCATION minister Costas Kadis said on Friday he was caught off-guard by the announcement a day earlier of primary school teachers that they will go...
Primary teachers declare work stoppage
Primary teachers’ union Poed announced on Thursday that its members will go on a warning work stoppage on September 21 over the status of newly...
Teachers union asks for designated smoking rooms in schools
SECONDARY teachers’ union Oelmek is asking the education ministry to recall its announcement on the total ban of smoking in schools and called for the...
