Call to action for a safer internet
A conference titled ‘Create, connect and share respect: A better internet starts with you’ was held on Tuesday as part of this year’s Safer Internet...
EDUCATION minister Costas Kadis
Education ministry ‘dared, planned and built’
The education ministry’s activities from 2013 until 2018 were carried out under the motto ‘We dared, we planned, we built’, minister Costas Kadis said on...
Postponed teaching exams go ahead
Two of the five teaching appointment exams which were postponed after the questions were mistakenly posted online ahead of time last week take place today....
Our View: Education minister should explain what is really at stake
The investigation ordered by Education Minister Costas Kadis attributed the posting of exam questions online before the exams had begun to an error by an...
Exams blunder due to human error, Kadis says (update 2)
The premature online posting last week of the material of five exams for candidates for state teaching posts was a mistake due to impulsive actions...
Exam debacle expands to conflict of interest allegations
President Nicos Anastasiades said on Monday that the findings of the probe into the blunder that led to last week’s cancellation of exams for candidates...
New date set for cancelled teachers exams
The five exams for those wishing to become state school teachers that were postponed on Monday after the questions were inadvertently posted on the education...
Cabinet-appointed committee to oversee teaching appointments
A three-person panel, tasked with overseeing the implementation of the new appointment system for public-school teachers, was created by the cabinet on Wednesday. The new...
Education minister is ‘an enemy’ of education (Update 3)
The head of primary education teachers’ union, Filios Fylaktou, on Wednesday described Education Minister Costas Kadis as an enemy of education and teachers and declared...
Kadis stands firm over teacher appointments
Education Minister Costas Kadis told hundreds of teachers protesting over certain conditions of a new appointment system on Tuesday that postponing its implementation was...
A third of state teachers give private lessons – claim
More than a third of state teachers resort to illegal private tutoring in the afternoons, the head of the association of private tutorial centres claimed...
Parents oppose midterm exam plans, students want a referendum
THE umbrella federation of secondary school parents’ associations expressed their disagreement on the planned implementation of midterm exams in 2018, while students’ union Psem wants...
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...
Protest over facilities for disabled children in schools
Education Minister Costas Kadis on Monday said that much has already been done to meet the needs of disabled children in schools but announced a...
Progress in schools’ construction work
EDUCATION minister Costas Kadis expressed satisfaction on Thursday by the progress of major construction projects in several primary schools in the Larnaca district. Kadis visited...
Questions over teacher’s lucrative EU posting
Further details have emerged concerning a well-connected primary school teacher who was seconded to the education minister’s office only for her to end up...
Cabinet approves hiring of new teachers
The cabinet has approved the hiring of additional teachers so that schools are fully staffed for the new academic year which starts in September, Education...
Teachers’ spat over who got the ‘lion’s share’ of posts
Education Minister Costas Kadis announced on Monday he would present to cabinet on Wednesday his ministry’s proposal to hire an extra 200 teachers for primary...
Michaelides opens can of worms with ‘unjustified’ ministry contract
THE legality of the Education ministry’s decision to repeatedly award contracts for legal services to one particular lawyer remains in doubt, auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides told...
One thousand calls made to student support hotline last year
ONE fifth of phone calls to the Student Support hotline in 2015 related to incidents of bullying at school, Education Minister Costas Kadis said on...