#Athena Michaelidou

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou on Tuesday presented the government’s latest plan to reform the way in which teachers are appointed to trade union leaders, though she admitted that she ...

Teachers’ trade unions on Monday said that they will meet Education Minister Athena Michaelidou to discuss the government’s planned changes to the way in which teachers are appointed to ...

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou pledged on Monday to push forward with reforms that would support teachers and improve learning opportunities for children. Teachers, she said, were the “backbone” of education. ...

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou pledged continued support for schools in remote areas on Friday, saying special arrangements were already in place to allow classes to operate with as few as ...

Students with a migrant background scored higher than their Cypriot peers across reading, mathematics and science in the latest PISA survey, according to results presented by the education ministry on ...

The Breakfast for All programme has returned to kindergartens in Larnaca and Famagusta, providing free breakfast to about 3,600 children each day, the education minister said on Monday. The programme has ...

A school bus route serving villages in the Larnaca district was suspended on Thursday after incidents of vandalism and disorder left seats broken and damaged, the transport ministry confirmed. Public ...

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou on Tuesday called for dialogue before a planned classroom walkout on Wednesday called for by the national students’ coordinating committee (Psem). The Psem protest is timed ...

The performance of Cypriot students in the most recent PISA study remains overwhelmingly stable, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said as results were presented on Tuesday. “For Cyprus, performance remained essentially ...

For the government, the start of the new school year on Monday will be welcomed with a firm commitment to the human-centered dimension of education, continuing reforms, innovations and the ...

Cyprus spends more of its public budget on education than most EU countries, but its pupils continue to record some of Europe’s weakest results. According to European Commission and ...

The education ministry has launched a project to install cold water dispensers in schools across the island, a process which began last year with a tender for 25 schools and will ...

The public school system must become more student-centred, place greater emphasis on critical thinking and creativity, and better adapt to the needs of every child, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said ...

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Saturday that the planned abolition of the teachers’ appointment list would not exclude educators with previous experience, as the ministry prepares to present its ...

School safety remains a “non-negotiable priority” for the government, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Thursday, responding to the Audit Office’s findings on fire safety and health shortcomings in ...

The use of prefabricated classrooms in public schools is not inherently negative, provided they are used to address overcrowding or accommodate pupils while permanent school buildings are upgraded or expanded, ...

Greek singer Maria Farantouri was awarded the medal for outstanding contribution of the Republic of Cyprus, during a ceremony on Thursday evening. The medal was awarded by Education Minister Athena ...

A four-year memorandum of cooperation was signed on Monday between the ministry of education and the Cyprus Football Association (CFA) that will see football introduced in high schools. The agreement ...

Control over the books used at schools in the occupied Karpas peninsula are controlled by the Turkish Cypriot authorities, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Sunday, adding this if affecting “...

Education, teachers and skills are not only a tool to be exploited by the labour market, but are “at the core of the European response to the challenges of the ...

Plans to introduce social worker services in selected pilot schools in 2026 were announced by Education Minister Athena Michaelidou on Monday as part of efforts to tackle school violence and delinquency ...

Teachers, their support, empowerment and evaluation will be at the centre of this week’s informal council of education ministers of EU member states, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on ...

Teacher evaluation reform and the rollout of air conditioning in public schools will dominate the education ministry’s agenda in the coming year, following approval of key legislation. The implementation ...

Schools cannot work with “regulations from the 1970s”, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Wednesday after the House education committee discussed the government’s planned reforms to the ways in ...