‘Children’s rights violated when not allowed to vote for strike’
The Commissioner for Children’s Rights Despo Michaelidou on Tuesday expressed her concern after students from two schools were banned from taking part in an island-wide...
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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...
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...
Students abstain from class over exam change (Updated)
High school students and students at technical schools did not attend lessons during the third and fourth period on Tuesday in a protest against recently...
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...
Students urged to skip school on Friday to take part in climate demo
Student organisation PSEM on Thursday called on pupils to skip school on Friday to take part in a climate protest march. All of the students...
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,...
Our View: Limits have to be imposed on stakeholder democracy
Government policy in Cyprus is increasingly being dictated by public demand. There was always a tendency by governments to bow to pressure from interest groups,...
Students irked that headmaster in headscarf row was transferred, not punished
Student body Psem has accused the education ministry of forgiving racist behaviours after transferring a headmaster to another school instead of punishing him for cautioning...
Secondary schools reopen, problems remain
Exams, uniforms and mobile phones dominate discussion As secondary schools were reopening on Friday, students and the education ministry looked set for new clashes over...
Students threaten to take action over school uniforms
Students have threatened to take action if teachers and education ministry officials who met on Tuesday try to enforce stricter rules for uniforms in high...
Students slam beefed up security in schools
Secondary and technical schools will be equipped with security guards who will remain on site from 7am until 2pm as of the 2019/20 school year,...
Students protest garners little sympathy
Around 2,000 students protested amid rain showers outside the ministry of education on Thursday against the introduction of four-month exams. Education Minister Costas Hambiaouris strongly...
Parents at odds with student body over new planned protest
The secondary-schools parents association on Tuesday expressed their disagreement with a protest pupils have planned for Thursday. Student group Psem called on all students to...
High school students stage two hour walk out
Students across the island staged a two hour walk out on Friday, co-ordinated by student group Psem to protest plans by the education ministry to...
Secondary students stage five-hour walkout
Students Thursday decided to go ahead with a planned classroom stoppage despite the withdrawal of support by parents, students’ union Psem said. According to Psem...
Call for school walkout in protest over extra exams
The head of the House education committee Kyriacos Hadjiyiannis warned parents and students on Wednesday that no one had the right to close down schools...
Our View: Absurdity of consulting children on education policy
IN A COUNTRY in which trade unions are given a say on everything in the name of social consensus and use this illegitimate power to...
Students to protest outside parliament over new regulations
Secondary-school student body Psem announced on Thursday it would stage a protest on Friday outside the parliament to express their discontent over the new regulations...
