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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 ...

Officials from the north on Monday entered the three Greek Cypriot schools in Rizokarpaso to “carry out checks”, the education ministry said. They said the officials, who could not be ...

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou made it clear she would not tolerate “tactics of the past” on Tuesday as teaching union Oelmek threatened it would take measures. Speaking to state broadcaster ...

School bullying is on the rise in Cyprus with 25 per cent of students reporting being targeted, amid growing concerns from the education ministry on the phenomenon which is leaving children ...

It should not have surprised anybody that in the ‘PISA 2022’ international evaluation of students Cyprus finished in the bottom quarter of the rankings – number 62 out of 81 countries. We could not ...

The education ministry on Friday has ratified the decision of the teachers’ association of the Paphos Technical School to expel six students, as confirmed by the school’s director Stefanos ...

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou presented awards on Thursday to schools which employ the “content and language integrated learning” (CLIL) approach for second and other language education. A total of 85 primary ...

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Some 228 public schools will start operating in the afternoon as of Monday despite challenges that arose, the education ministry has announced. The optional afternoon schools will be implemented for the 2023...

As the new school year approaches, the education ministry has chosen on Friday to clarify some matters about the controversial sex education debate that has been going on since parliament ...

The education ministry is increasingly concerned over the fast-approaching new school year, over the ‘traditions’ new students embark on ahead of the first day, it emerged on Friday. Education Minister ...

The education ministry has pledged a total of €149 million for the maintenance and improvement of school buildings across Cyprus. These upgrades include works to earthquake-proof them, as well as erecting ...

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou on Saturday said that the foundations have been laid for the modernisation of the school curriculum, an effort which is seen as particularly significant by the ...

Members of the newly formed Independent Association of Teachers of Afternoon Programmes on Tuesday called on the finance ministry to count them as ministry employees. The association’s secretary Charalambos ...

Secondary teachers’ organisations on the island on Monday hailed the education ministry’s decision to scrap mid-term exams. The education ministry on Monday decided to abolish the mid-term exam and ...