#education

One public school teacher was sacked last year after repeatedly not showing up for work, while three other educators received reprimands or fines. The sanctions against educators are listed in ...

Trade unions in the north have raised the alarm over potentially unsafe school buildings, weeks before the academic year is set to begin. Concerns were initially raised following the devastating ...

After the meeting of President Nikos Christodoulides with the members of the Education Service Commission, for the submission of its annual report, the government spokesman announced the commencement in September ...

Sales staff in real estate do not seem to want to educate themselves and become professionals of the level that is desirable. There are something like 400 registered estate agents around, ...

A woman-led youth organisation aspiring ‘to help every girl thrive’ is hosting the biggest ever conference held in Cyprus by volunteers. The Girl Guides Association of Cyprus (GGAC), which provides ...

By Lanting Liu Eighteen Cypriot university athletes will take part in the Chengdu 2021 FISU World University Games in China from July 28 to 8 August. They will participate in artistic gymnastics, swimming, ...

And the church’s role in schools ensures it will stay that way By Fahri Zihni My late mother was born in the village of Tera, Paphos in 1924 to a ...

St. John Coombes has received the honour of being made a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the King’s first Birthday Honours list. ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled a law from the presidency to make pre-school education at public institutions as on unconstitutional. As stated in the decision of the court, the ...

We’re not surprised when religious zealots in some benighted part of the American heartland ban the teaching of evolution in the local school, but what could have possessed the ...

Teachers on a waiting list to be given positions at state schools have started an online petition to not have the list replaced by another list of teachers awaiting to ...

The role of artificial intelligence in public school education will be discussed in a coming workshop for teachers and headteachers to be held in Nicosia next month. The Digital Education: ...

Teachers and guidance counsellors to undertake training aiming to break the stereotypes that there are ‘gendered occupations’, gender equality commissioner Josie Christodoulou said on Friday. The move is part of ...

Cyprus, China and the UK exchange cross-cultural knowledge in audio-visual media through the newly established International Centre of Media, Arts and Communication at UCLan Cyprus university. The unique initiative, developed ...

The Cyprus Computer Society (CCS) presented the new Erasmus programme on a digital skills wallet during a recent award ceremony for IT student competitions. The European project aims to develop ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday welcomed several pupils of the Makedonitissa primary school at the presidential palace ahead of the Easter period. The pupils sang traditional Easter hymns in front ...

High school exams will include only 60 per cent of the teaching material this year, after the plenum approved a relevant education ministry proposal on Thursday. The approved proposal also provides ...

By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides The economy of Cyprus depicts positive features as regards growth, employment and public finances. However, its economic development model requires radical adaptation in order ...

The government will submit proposals in two to three weeks for an upgraded student evaluation system Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Friday, following a week of contradicting statements about ...

Huge progress has been made in the past 20 years in dealing with dyslexia, but there is still plenty to do, according to the general director of the Cyprus Dyslexia Association ...

Quality and equity in early childhood education and care will be the focus of an upcoming English-language European conference in Limassol. The conference is organised by the Cyprus committee of ...

Law change provides loophole to charge massive hikes A legal loophole has enabled a private school in Limassol to hike its tuition fees by over 200 per cent, leading to a ...

Frederick University on Monday announced the successful certification of its Department of Pharmacy by the higher education quality assurance and agency. In its announcement the university said its Department of ...

The tech industry in Cyprus is booming, with many passionate individuals working hard to make it thrive. In this context, the new season of workshops from TechIsland is due to ...