New school year for primary school students to start early
Primary education pupils will go back to school around two weeks earlier in September than usual to cover for the teaching time lost due to...
Primary schools
State moving to install CCTV in kindergartens and primary schools
The education ministry is moving to install CCTV cameras in kindergartens and primary schools after it proved unable to find security guards willing to take...
Primary school teachers say ministry ‘forced’ work stoppage
The one-hour work stoppage early on Monday by primary education teachers’ union Poed went smoothly its chairman said, but parents were angered that some headteachers...
Primary teachers to decide on Thursday whether to support work stoppage
Primary teachers’ union Poed said on Wednesday that the short work stoppage planned for next week was an attempt to force much desired change to...
Teacher accused of pushing pupil charged and released (updated)
A Limassol primary school teacher, who was arrested on Wednesday after police were informed that he had used violence against a nine-year-old student, was charged...
Kids lock teachers in class, trash school, union says
PRIMARY teachers on Friday called for more measures to tackle youth delinquency after a group of schoolchildren locked two teachers in a classroom and bullied...
Raising age of primary school entry will ‘improve literacy’
The plenum could vote into law on Friday a bill raising the primary school enrolment age to six, and pre-school to five, the chairman of...
Christmas packages given out to Nicosia’s needy
The Nicosia mayor Constantinos Yiorkadjis, along with members of the municipal council, delivered 580 Christmas gift packages to underprivileged primary school students during a special...
Union asks for postponement of all-day schools citing staffing problems
Primary education teachers’ union, Poed on Friday called for a postponement in the operation of all-day schools that are set to begin operating next week,...
Back to school for primary kids
Schools across Cyprus opened their doors to thousands of pre-primary and primary school pupils on Monday morning, following secondary schools, which opened last week. In...
Teachers to protest vote on new appointment system
Primary school teachers’ union Poed said on Thursday it would organise a protest outside parliament on Friday during the House plenum to demand the postponement...
Primary school system includes wide range of nationalities, ethnicities
THE Cypriot public and private primary education system includes pupils from a wide range of nationalities and ethnic groups, according to figures from the department...
Teachers announce periodic strikes islandwide (Update 2)
By Evie Andreou and Angelos Anastasiou State primary-school teachers’ union Poed announced on Friday a series of one-period strikes islandwide every Wednesday morning, meaning those...
Kadis promotes reform agenda to primary school heads
The reform of the educational system is an obligation to society and its children, Education Minister Costas Kadis said on Monday. Kadis met with preschool...
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...
Primary schools open their doors
By Annette Chrysostomou Primary schools opened their doors on Monday after the summer break, and the minister of education and culture Costas Kadis assured the...
Parents urge teachers to rethink strike action
The parents of primary school pupils urged teachers to rethink their decision to stage a strike on Wednesday over the working hours of substitute educators....
Teaching work stoppage over substitute cover
By a Staff Reporter ELEMENTARY school teachers will stage a 90 minute work stoppage on Wednesday to protest the employment terms of substitute teachers, their...
