Agreement close in school literacy programme dispute
THREATENED strike action by secondary school teachers appears to have been averted after Education Minister Costas Kadis compromised on his earlier decision to overhaul
OELMEK
Cabinet approves hiring of new teachers
The cabinet has approved the hiring of additional teachers so that schools are fully staffed for the new academic year which starts in September, Education
Teachers’ spat over who got the ‘lion’s share’ of posts
Education Minister Costas Kadis announced on Monday he would present to cabinet on Wednesday his ministry’s proposal to hire an extra 200 teachers for primary
Teacher union warns of turmoil ahead of new school year
STATE teachers in secondary education will go on strike if the education minister does not back down from his anticipated proposal to create a handful
Kadis heads for clashes with unions ahead of school year
Education Minister Costas Kadis on Thursday denied claims by teachers’ unions that the new academic year would begin with understaffing problems. On Wednesday Kadis had
Unions defend cost of substitute teachers
From January until June 2016 a total of 730 teachers were asked to substitute regular teachers in the public sector, 422 in primary schools and
Our View: Political bullying works on all levels
ORGANISED groups have often used the right of free speech to intimidate and bully people in order to impose their views or interests on the
MPs lay into UCy over private student places
By Andria Kades The University of Cyprus (UCy) decision to admit five students based on international exam standards and after they had been accepted by
UCy private students’ row snowballs
By Andria Kades THE PLACEMENT of five students from private schools at the University of Cyprus (UCy) based on international rather than Pancyprian entrance exams
UCy asked to withdraw decision to enrol GCE students
By George Psyllides Education Minister Costas Kadis has asked the rector of the University of Cyprus (UCy) to withdraw a decision to enrol students with GCE and
Teachers protest fast-track for appointments list
By Evie Andreou PRIMARY and secondary education teachers staged a protest outside parliament on Thursday morning, in a last effort to influence deputies on the
How dare the teachers blame the ‘tough’ Greek exam?
By Loucas Charalambous WHAT a relief that Cyprus is nothing like Japan, because if it were half the teachers in secondary education would have committed
Is the Cyprob even news anymore?
By Hermes Solomon As we approach at a snail’s pace yet another round of talks to solve the Cyprob, it would be nice to know
Kadis describes letter from teachers union as offensive
By George Psyllides Education Minister Costas Kadis said the ministry was going ahead with implementing its decision on the new timetables, as he voiced regret
Teachers say new school timetables ‘doomed to fail’
By Elias Hazou THE new school timetables and the re-jigging of the syllabus, announced this week by the education ministry, are destined to be a
Teachers’ unions hit back at rector
Teachers’ unions OELMEK and POED yesterday hit back at University of Cyprus rector Constantinos Christofides, who accused them in an open letter to the president
Teachers reject ministry’s proposal
By Evie Andreou UNLESS Education Minister Costas Kadis agrees to meet with them and gives his commitment in writing, all dialogue concerning the future of
Civil servants getting jittery over retirement bonus tax
By George Psyllides CIVIL servants were up in arms yesterday after suggestions that their retirement bonus would be taxed, while it was also reported that
Teachers threaten to strike if 785 posts are not frozen
By Angelos Anastasiou THE leaders of both DISY and DIKO were attacked by teachers’ union OELMEK yesterday over alleged efforts to derail the unfreezing of