Wide support pledged for afternoon teachers’ strike
Teachers and unions on Tuesday reaffirmed their support for afternoon state school teachers asking to be given contracts, stressing they are ready to continue their...
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Coronavirus: re-opening of gymnasiums still in limbo, parents to protest
Gymnasiums could reopen if Covid protocols are implemented but how soon that may be has not yet been decided, an adviser to the government told...
Uproar over Cyprus’ ‘satanic’ Eurovision entry (Updated)
Cyprus’ 2021 Eurovision entry El Diablo (The Devil) has been called ‘satanic’ promoting an outcry from theologians and teachers among others calling for it to...
Coronavirus: No indication when remaining children will be allowed back to school
There is no indication as to when secondary school pupils excluded from Monday’s reopening will be able to return to the classroom, the secondary school...
Coronavirus: Oelmek asks for rapid tests to be used in schools
Secondary education teacher’s union Oelmek has asked the education minister to order rapid antigen tests to be used in high schools, which currently show an...
Teachers unions say discussion still needed on distance learning
Teachers unions on Sunday protested against passing on Friday by the House plenum of what distance learning was without any discussion with concerned parties beforehand....
School religion teachers say did not censor student who criticised them
Public school theology teachers, members of the high school teachers’ union Oelmek, said on Tuesday they did not seek to censor a high school pupil...
Coronavirus: President to meet education bodies to discuss restrictions
Students and parents groups and teachers unions will meet President Nicos Anastasiades on Wednesday to discuss education matters, following an easing of coronavirus lockdown measures....
Coronavirus: Oelmek raises concerns over reopening of schools
Health and safety protocols regarding re-opening of schools are far from sufficient, secondary teachers union Oelmek said on Sunday, raising concerns over the government’s policy...
Oelmek demands end to probes against teachers based on anonymous complaints
Secondary education teachers (Oelmek) on Tuesday demanded the termination of investigations launched following anonymous complaints against educators. In a letter to the education minister, Oelmek...
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...
Teachers to vote over strikes during exam period
A strike by teachers in senior schools across the island during the exam period will be put to a referendum later in the month to...
Three teens charged after teacher injured during argument
Paphos police on Tuesday arrested three teens in connection with an attack of a high school teacher, two 16-year-olds and a 15-year-old. They were charged...
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...
Teaching union snubs parents’ association (Updated)
By Annette Chrysostomou and Jonathan Shkurko Secondary teachers’ union Oelmek on Friday walked out of a meeting with the education minister in protest at the...
Teaching union should be ashamed says parents’ leader
THE HEAD of the Parents Associations for secondary schools Kyriakos Nikiforou on Tuesday lambasted the leaderships of teaching unions for announcing work stoppages next week,...
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...
‘Teachers should not have to act as police officers’ unions say
Teachers in secondary and technical schools across Cyprus staged a one-hour work stoppage at 11am on Wednesday in protest of a violent incident at a...
Teaching unions expected to accept Diko proposal
Teacher unions on Monday evening requested a meeting with the three-member ministerial committee on education to explain their decisions on three recent proposals seeking...
Teacher unions counter-proposal rejected by government (updated)
The government on Tuesday rejected the counter-proposal submitted earlier in the day by the teachers’ union Poed, spokesman Prodromos Prodromou said after it had been...