Poed threatens legal action over pay cuts for strikers
Primary teachers’ union Poed warned on Tuesday they would take legal action against pay cuts levied against them for striking last month, arguing they were...
Education streamlining
Teachers’ unions send latest proposals to government (updated)
Teacher unions conveyed their recommendations to the government on Monday, aimed at overcoming an ongoing dispute spanning over two months that is threatening the smooth...
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,...
Teaching unions given go-ahead for industrial action (Updated)
Teachers on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted to authorise their unions to take any measures they see fit, including strike action, in their ongoing dispute with the...
Government gives in to some teacher demands (updated)
With just days left to the start of the new school year, the government on Tuesday recoiled from a confrontation with state teachers, conceding a...
Teachers launch legal action after fiery start to year (Updated)
Teachers returned to their classrooms on Monday on a work-to-rule basis, and so determined to win their summer-long battle with the government that union...
Teachers to vote on Wednesday over strike action
Secondary education teachers will be in school on Monday to prepare for the new school year, but will abstain from extracurricular activities and hold a...
In wake of teachers’ protest, fresh calls for intensive talks (Updated)
Following a huge protest march the previous day, the government on Wednesday invited teachers and parents to intensive talks on series of education issues with...
Thousands of teachers protest government measures
Thousands of teachers marched on the Presidential Palace in Nicosia on Tuesday night to protest over streamlining measures in state schools passed by the cabinet...
House efforts to relieve education crisis fail (updated)
Efforts by the House labour committee to relieve the tension in education failed on Tuesday as the government refused to withdraw the measures it announced...
Our View: Government needs to fight to take back control of education
It was a great relief to hear on Friday that all three teaching unions had rejected President Anastasiades’ compromise proposal with which they left the...
‘Education minister has devalued meaning of dialogue’
Main opposition Akel on Tuesday requested an extraordinary meeting of the House education committee to discuss the crisis caused by the row between the government...
Teaching unions agree to meet minister
Teaching unions on Sunday asked Education Minister, Costas Hambiaouris, to delay their meeting next week a few days to give them time to study the...
Teacher talks delayed over role of parents’ group (Updated)
The launch of the talks between teaching unions and Education Minister Costas Hambiaouris over streamlining hit an almost immediate a glitch on Wednesday when one...