Education

Almost a year into her post, the education minister is keen to see schools become more inclusive and public universities to offer courses in English Upgrading the island’s education ...

Writing is a difficult task. Even though it is a common aspect of our daily life, especially when it presents itself as a mandatory school task. We’re familiar with ...

Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar on Thursday made another intervention on the matter of the “fake diploma scandal” which has engulfed the north’s higher education sector. Speaking on the ...

By Hanna Yerega The EMERGE project, a collaborative initiative aimed at advancing civic participation and active citizenship in Cyprus, proudly announces its successful conclusion. Led by CARDET and Koumanto Stin ...

Parliament is expected next week to vote on the expansion of free and compulsory pre-primary education to include children aged four years old and above. The planned vote comes after ...

College life can be challenging for students. Often, we have little time to write quality essays. As a result, we do such tasks overnight and do not provide the best ...

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou on Monday outlined her priorities for the next school year. She said her ministry aims to create an education system “through which citizens with skills, who ...

The University of Cyprus (UCY) is pleased to announce that applications for admission to its postgraduate programmes (Master and PhD level) for the academic year 2024/2025 have already begun! UCY offers ...

Greece’s parliament narrowly passed a bill early on Saturday that will allow foreign private universities to set up branches in the country, bucking weeks of protests by students who ...

One in four children in Cyprus has said they are victims of bullying in schools and online, a study has found according to non-governmental organisation (NGO) Hope For Children on ...

MPs questioned on Wednesday why student dorms commissioned by the University of Cyprus (UCy) cost twice as much as those built by the Limassol archbishopric. It will also take eight ...

With the participation of dozens of students, the 15th Informatics Day was successfully held for Middle and High School, Private Education, and Technical School students, from Famagusta, Larnaca, Limassol, and ...

Teachers’ unions on Wednesday called off a proposed strike, pending a meeting with the education minister. The 24-hour strike, scheduled to be carried out by supportive education staff on Friday, ...

The Council of Ministers on Tuesday voted on the appointment of the English School’s board of directors, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said. The English School board selection was part ...

The value and importance of all-day school is “obvious,” Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Monday. Speaking at a promotional event in Nicosia, she said the extension of the school ...

A student from Limassol has been recognised by the University of Worcester (in the UK) for her outstanding academic achievements. Alexia Samoilova was awarded with a £1,000 scholarship for outstanding academic ...

Cyprus accounts for 0.26 per cent of total EU greenhouse gas emissions and has reduced its emissions at a slower pace than the EU average since 2005. This is why a group ...

The fast-paced digital era has set the scene where job descriptions change and some roles quickly become irrelevant, even as new skills are constantly in demand. While this labour transition ...

By Hanna Yerega Democratic states and governments around the world are expressing their commitment in placing the citizens at the helm and driving the decision-making process, either directly or indirectly. ...

Student housing is of great importance to the University of Cyprus (UCy), rector Tassos Christofides said on Wednesday at the House education committee, which continued debating the university’s budget ...

The education ministry on Wednesday passed the buck on to the parents’ association of a nursery, saying it was the parents who removed a book depicting families with gay parents ...

By Hanna Yerega EMERGE, a project implemented by CARDET and Koumanto Stin Tsepi Sou, is hosting an open conference to reflect on and examine present realities and pathways forward to ...

The International Student Identity Card (ISIC), which offers discounts to students, has extended its reach to Cyprus, according to an announcement released on Monday. “Following its successful trajectory in Greece ...

Turgay Avci, chairman of the north’s higher education standards authority (Yodak), insisted on Monday that his own degree is real. Avci had faced allegations that his degree, which he ...