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,...
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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 kicking...
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...
Striking students to be punished says ministry
Secondary-school student union Psem’s decision to call a one-period universal strike of all students in lyceums and technical schools on Wednesday morning in protest of...
High-school students call short strike for Tuesday
Student body PSEM on Monday on all high school students to refrain from attending classes for the third period on Tuesday. The boycott aims to...
Our View: Children should speak only when spoken to
WE HAD warned that the Education ministry was making a big mistake in recognising the ridiculous secondary school students’ organisation PSEM, engaging in dialogue with...
Students hurl rocks and lemons to demand benefits
By Evie Andreou MATTERS got of control on Wednesday when some of the several hundred students who had gathered outside the Education ministry to put...
Call for students to mobilise against austerity
Student body PSEM on Tuesday announced that on March 4 they would hold a mass mobilisation against austerity during a planned meeting of the European...
Commissioner calls for probe into student’s detention
By Evie Andreou CHILDREN’S Rights Commissioner Leda Koursoumba has called for an immediate probe into the three-hour detention last Friday of a Nicosia high school...
High school students stage walk out
By Evie Andreou Any student who abstains from classes will receive an unauthorised absence the education ministry said on Tuesday as secondary school students refused...
Students charged €15 monthly bus ticket after €10 cards not printed on time
Student body PSEM on Wednesday warned of ‘dynamic measures’ unless the government immediately reduce bus fares as promised The students and parents said they were...