Education minister said he was forced to transfer headmaster in headscarf row
Education Minister Costas Hambiaouris on Wednesday said he was forced to transfer a Nicosia high school headmaster who cautioned a Muslim pupil last week because...
Education Minister Costas Hambiaouris
€10 million to be spent on Paphos schools in next three years
Education Minister Costas Hambiaouris said €10m would be allocated in the next three years for schools in Paphos, as he toured the district on Saturday...
Teaching unions to sue government over wage cuts after strike
TEACHING unions will sue the Education Ministry over pay cuts from a two-day strike held in September, the general-secretary of the teachers’ union Poed Charis...
Six-pillar strategy to combat school violence unveiled
By Lizzy Ioannidou A six-pillar national strategy with a view to preventing and managing violence in schools was announced by Education Minister Costas Hambiaouris on...
Union calls on teachers to abstain from extracurricular activities
By Evie Andreou Primary teachers’ union, Poed has called on its members to abstain from extracurricular activities outside school, including escorting pupils to parades, citing...
Three school safety measures approved by cabinet
Three new safety measures for public schools were approved on Tuesday by the cabinet, including the installation of fences and intercoms, according to Education Minister...
Minister calls on striking teachers to return to dialogue
By Evie Andreou All state schools remained closed on Tuesday as teachers went on a 48-hour strike over their disagreement with the government on measures...
Vandalism, teachers’ dispute mark new school year (Update 2)
By Doris Christodoulou and Annette Chrysostomou Extensive vandalism, gangs throwing flares, upsets over the state of buildings and the ongoing dispute with teachers’ unions marked...
Minister calls for co-operation in back to school message
The success of our efforts to modernise the education system rely to a large extent to the close co-operation between all sides involved in schooling,...
School libraries to adapt to the digital age
A Memorandum of Understanding for the organisation and upgrading of school libraries was signed by the education ministry and the Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak)...
Teachers rejected the results of their own negotiations, minister says
Education Minister Costas Hambiaouris said the rejection by teacher unions of proposals made to them by the government was regrettable but is still optimistic that...
Anastasiades to step back into education row (Updated)
President Nicos Anastasiades is to meet with teachers’ unions on Thursday in a bid to alleviate the crisis in public education following a government decision...
‘Light at the end of the tunnel’ in education spat?
PRIMARY school teachers’ union Poed leader Fylios Fylaktou was optimistic on Monday that a satisfactory solution could be found in the ongoing dispute with the...
Minister calls on teachers to return to dialogue
THE education ministry is expected to send a letter to teaching unions Oelmek, Poed and Oltek with education minister Costas Hambiaouris urging them to continue...
Anastasiades to meet education minister
President Nicos Anastasiades will meet with education minister Costas Hambiaouris on Monday to discuss the situation in the education sector, he said on Sunday evening....
Education minister believes dispute with teachers can be resolved (Updated)
Education Minister, Costas Hambiaouris said on Sunday he believed teachers’ unions would show up at a meeting planned for Tuesday to discuss a dispute over...
Teachers’ unions to meet over changes in work hours (Update 1)
Primary and secondary education teachers’ unions will meet in a joint session on Monday to determine their response to new measures to be introduced into...
Our View: Minister injects some common sense into school safety row
One of those meetings that is called for publicity reasons was held at the education ministry on Tuesday so that the two dozen participants could...
Committee set up to resolve problems in education system
Teaching unions agreed on Tuesday during a meeting with Education Minister Costas Hambiaouris to set up a committee to go through all issues concerning health...
Primary school teachers blame minister for spat
Primary education teachers blamed the minister on Saturday for a bitter public spat that broke out between them and him after the death of a...