Coronavirus: Teachers, students call for change in exams
Secondary education teachers and pupils on Tuesday called on the education ministry to call off the twice-yearly exams in high schools citing the challenges faced...
Four-monthly exams
High school students to abstain from school in exam protest
Public school pupil union Psem called for a 24-hour abstention from classes on Wednesday, as part of measures against the government’s decision to implement four-monthly...
Psem to quiz all students over four-monthly exams
Student body Psem on Tuesday announced they would carry out a referendum among high school pupils on what their next move should be over the...
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...
Our View: Allowing students to think they have a say has led to predictable results
Should we be cheering, that the government has finally woken up to the absurdity of giving a say to teenage students about education policy? At...
High school students walk out of lessons (updated)
High school students walk out of lessons Students on Thursday again skipped classes to protest the introduction of four-monthly exams. Lykeio students walked out of...
Psem calls on students to walk out of classes Thursday
Student group Psem on Tuesday called on students to abstain from class on Thursday to protest against the new exam system that will be introduced...
Student body calls on high school kids to walk out of class (updated)
Student body Psem is calling on high school kids to walk out of lessons on Tuesday in protest over the introduction of four-monthly exams. The...
Our View: Public education reaches new level of absurdity
Public education was taken to the next level of absurdity on Monday when the organisation representing secondary school students, known as Psem, urged their teachers...
President warns teaching unions to know their limits
The state will not surrender to unions, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Tuesday in a message to secondary school teachers who intend to hold a...
Students urge teachers to strike over four-monthly exams
High school students are calling for teachers to go on strike to protest against four-monthly exams while student union Psem will meet with the education...
Growing criticism of teachers’ attempts to block education reform
The spat in the education sector over the government’s efforts to implement student assessment reform continued on Monday, when the confederation of secondary school parents...
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...