#nursery schools

Parliament for the second time passed a set of bills which will make it mandatory for nursery schools to call children’s parents or guardians in the event that they ...

Parents are urged to check the credibility of nurseries and daycare centres before enrolling their children, the director of social welfare services (SWS) said on Wednesday. Maria Kiraji was speaking ...

The Larnaca nursery under investigation following allegations of abuse after parents reported bruises and a bite marks on their eight-month-old daughter was closed on Tuesday afternoon due to missing permits. ...

Official efforts towards nursery school teachers to cancel strike measures were unsuccessful, the education ministry said on Tuesday, hours after the teachers went on strike. The ministry said a dialogue ...

Nursery school workers across Cyprus went on strike on Tuesday, demanding better pay and conditions. Their trade unions, Paseu-Peo and Ouuk-Sek, said on Tuesday morning that they had sent various ...

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou on Friday laid the foundation stone for what will become the Lycabettus nursery school in Nicosia. She said the foundation stone “marks the beginning of a ...

Staffing, infrastructure, day-long schooling and security at nursery schools were among issues raised by parents’ associations during Wednesday’s House education committee meeting, demands which they were pleased to say ...

Two tuition schemes offering subsidies for kindergartens and nurseries were approved on Wednesday by the cabinet. The budget for the tuition subsidies is estimated to be €22 million and a total ...

The House education committee announced on Wednesday that schools and nurseries will soon be required to inform parents if their child is absent, as a new government decree is expected ...

The forensic medical services reported on Tuesday that no external injuries were found during Monday’s examination of the 19-month-old child suspected of being violently shaken by a nursery teacher ...

A nursery teacher in Nicosia has been suspended after a video surfaced in local media, allegedly showing her threatening to throw a child out of a window. The disturbing footage ...

An 11-month-old baby was found dead at a private nursery in Limassol on Friday. Reports suggested the baby had been put to sleep and appeared to be fine but would ...

Nicosia municipality’s first free nursery for infants has welcomed its first children as part of the Rainbow childcare and employment centre project. The nursery operates until 8pm daily. The ...

Primary school teachers union Poed on Friday decided to go ahead with a demonstration outside the presidential palace to protest against the government’s plans to implement an extension of ...

At least ten multipurpose childcare centres will be created by the end of 2024 to provide affordable day care as part of the strategic development of the pre-primary education, Deputy Minister ...

A bill on parental leave is expected to reach the House Plenary for a vote next Thursday, deputy minister for Social Welfare Anastasia Anthousi said on Tuesday. Speaking to the ...

Parents of nursery school children on Tuesday called for frequent self-tests as a more efficient way of monitoring the coronavirus situation than a proposal for a weekly rapid test. Self-tests, ...

Four Limassol nurseries were evacuated after receiving emails warning of a bomb on Friday in a replay of what occurred in Nicosia a day earlier. The Cyprus News Agency reported ...