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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 ...

Better public schools and modern units are among the education ministry’s aims for 2026, according to its annual action plan published on Friday, included in the ministry’s proposed budget ...

The House education committee on Wednesday began talks with the education ministry and teachers’ unions, as the formal debate on the proposed teacher evaluation bill gets under way. Committee chairman ...

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said she expected parliament to follow democratic procedures so the bill reforming the teacher evaluation system can be sent to the plenum, where “we will all ...

Poed’s decision to reject the teacher evaluation scheme strengthens our position that the issue was never lack of dialogue, but resistance to change, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou told Rik ...

The education ministry reaffirmed its zero-tolerance stance on school violence and racism on Friday, highlighting its ongoing efforts to promote respect, inclusion and democratic dialogue in education. Speaking at an ...

The Cyprus ADHD Association on Monday appealed to the education ministry to adopt inclusive education in public schools instead of building special schools which foster isolation.   Expressing disappointment, the association ...

A campaign to cultivate awareness about addiction and promote effective communication within the family, thus strengthening the parent-child bond, has been launched by the education ministry in cooperation with Kenthea, ...

An education ministry senior employee will stand before a court of justice on October 30 to answer to criminal charges for the indecent assault and sexual harassment of colleagues at the ...

The way in which the education ministry hierarchy protected one of their officials accused by two female subordinates of sexual harassment is scandalous. The first complaint was submitted in May 2023, ...

Students walked out of classes on Monday, protesting the lack of air-conditioning in classrooms, poor school infrastructure, and what they described as the education ministry’s indifference. The Cyprus-wide students ...

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou is scheduled to meet with representatives of the secondary school teaching union Oelmek to discuss the latest evaluation scheme for teachers and educational work on Tuesday. ...

A total of 58 public summer schools will be operating from June 23 till July 25 across Cyprus, with this year seeing the inclusion of special schools till August 1, the education ministry announced ...

Is there any country in the world apart from Cyprus in which employees do not allow their employer to assess their job performance? And is there any country in the ...

Cabinet approved on Thursday an exceptional measure allowing several small schools across Cyprus to remain open from September, despite enrolments falling below the usual threshold. Education Minister Athena Michaelidou made ...

The education ministry on Thursday said it had reacted to images of children at a school in Dherynia performing Nazi salutes after the taking of their official class photograph by ...

Students and their families in eastern Limassol braved the icy weather on Tuesday to demonstrate against the education ministry’s decision to dismiss plans for a regional gymnasium in Parekklisia. ...

There is no proper record of bullying incidents from previous years, as things were “less formal” and cases were “concealed” for fear of giving schools a bad name, Education Minister ...

The education ministry has reported 106 private institutes for operating illegally, out of 640 inspected. A special committee visited private institutes and centres from October 2022 till December 2024 and pointed out various irregularities. ...

Elam on Friday took issue with the wording on the ministry of education’s recently launched online registration platform eDea. The party voiced objections to the option of virtually registering ...

Twenty-two schools out of the 55 that applied will be going green right away, through a new programme announced on Friday to make schools and neighbourhoods green again. Education Minister Athena ...

The behaviour of teachers and parents at Nicosia’s Pancyprian Gymnasium was, to put it mildly, disgraceful. This was a shameful exhibition of mob rule, with all its features – ignorance, ...

The stance of the Commissioner for Children’s Rights on the use of mobile phones in schools raises questions, with her agreeing to a ban in primary schools and a ...

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou on Thursday reiterated the government’s commitment to enhancing both the structural and pedagogical functions of schools “in order to fully meet contemporary educational requirements and ...