Thousands of students boycott classes over exam change
Thousands of high school students refused to attend classes on Wednesday after the education ministry rejected their multiple requests to ban the four-monthly exams. The...
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Changes afoot for the four-monthly exams
Adjustments to the four-monthly exam model are progressing smoothly with some changes expected soon Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said on Wednesday. “The first four-monthly exam...
Introduction of new exams goes smoothly says minister (updated)
The newly introduced four-monthly exams in high schools have started smoothly, education minister Prodromos Prodromou said after visiting the lyceum in Dasoupolis, Nicosia on Monday...
Students abstain from class over exam change (Updated)
High school students and students at technical schools did not attend lessons during the third and fourth period on Tuesday in a protest against recently...
Majority of teachers reject strike action over exams
The majority of teachers on Monday morning decided not to stage work stoppages to protest against recently introduced four-monthly exams in high schools. After 100...
Secondary schools reopen, problems remain
Exams, uniforms and mobile phones dominate discussion As secondary schools were reopening on Friday, students and the education ministry looked set for new clashes over...
Lawmakers approve staggered twice-yearly exams
Lawmakers on Friday approved the introduction of twice-yearly exams in high schools starting with the new school year. The bill provides for the introduction of...
About 50 pct of candidates secure uni places
Around 50 per cent of high school graduates that took the entrance exams have secured places in state universities in Greece and Cyprus, it was...
Secondary teachers threaten to strike over exam changes
SECONDARY education teachers’ union Oelmek said they would take strike measures unless the education ministry changes its mind about four-monthly exams in high schools which...
Education ministry to push ahead with lyceum exam changes
The education ministry is ready to implement the system of four-monthly exams in state lyceums in the next school year, Education Minister Costas Hambiaouris told...
Probe into how Down’s Syndrome teen was given standard exam paper
EDUCATION Minister Costas Hambiaouris on Friday said a probe was launched into complaints that a 13-year-old girl with Down’s Syndrome was given the same mathematics...
Students protest garners little sympathy
Around 2,000 students protested amid rain showers outside the ministry of education on Thursday against the introduction of four-month exams. Education Minister Costas Hambiaouris strongly...
Parents at odds with student body over new planned protest
The secondary-schools parents association on Tuesday expressed their disagreement with a protest pupils have planned for Thursday. Student group Psem called on all students to...
Students to walk out of class in exam protest
Students group (Psem) announced on Wednesday they will be staging a two-hour walk out on Friday to protest plans by the education ministry to implement...
Government bows to parents, postpones exam plans (Updated)
By Evie Andreou and Lizzy Ioannidou The government on Friday announced that it would postpone for a year the introduction of four-monthly exams in secondary...
New headache for education sector with exam plans
The education ministry’s decision to go ahead with plans to implement exams on a four-monthly basis is threatening to disrupt the return of peace...
University placements announced
In total 2,263 high school graduates have secured places in state universities in Cyprus and Greece, it was announced on Friday. According to the permanent...
Ministry says mission accomplished after less than half of teaching candidates pass muster
By Evie Andreou Officials on Monday said that despite the fact that only 37.2 per cent of around 5,000 who took the teaching exams passed,...
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...
