Posts tagged with "pupils"

Kidnapping defendant admits giving boys sedatives Cyprus

Kidnapping defendant admits giving boys sedatives

January 16th, 20192287 The man who admitted kidnapping two boys from their Larnaca primary school in September pleaded guilty on Wednesday to two charges of giving them sedatives. Giorgos Nicolaou, 35, alias George, had pleaded guilty to kidnapping the boys back in November last year but denied administering Lorazepam to either of them. On Wednesday,...
Teacher arrested after brutality claims (Updated) Cyprus

Teacher arrested after brutality claims (Updated)

January 26th, 20183091 Paphos police arrested on Friday the teacher who allegedly assaulted four high-school pupils. The pupils complained on Thursday that the man assaulted them during their physical education class on the same day. According to police press officer, Michalis Michael, the man was arrested shortly before eight o’clock on Friday morning...
Four pupils say assaulted by teacher in Paphos, police investigating Cyprus

Four pupils say assaulted by teacher in Paphos, police investigating

January 25th, 20182690 Paphos police are investigating a complaint by four high-school pupils alleging that they were physically assaulted by one of their teachers. According to the Cyprus News Agency, the four pupils claim they were beaten during a physical education class. After reporting the case to police, the pupils went to Paphos general hospital...
Pupil protest turns ugly (updated) featured

Pupil protest turns ugly (updated)

January 20th, 20171651 Pupils hurled missiles at police officers and journalists outside parliament where they assembled to protest against new regulations. Despite appeals from their union, pupils threw stones, flares, sticks, water bottles, sandwiches, and anything else they could get their hands on. A photographer was slightly injured on the arm. Psem...
Unions in north call general strike over deaths of teenage students (Update) featured

Unions in north call general strike over deaths of teenage students (Update)

November 30th, 20162075 THE confederation of unions in the breakaway regime in the north of Cyprus has called a general strike for Thursday and a gathering at 10am outside the office of ‘prime minister’ Huseyin Ozgurgun, in order to protest Tuesday’s death of two teenage girls when their schoolbus crashed into a lorry. In a statement, the platform...
Mass brawl in Famagusta district school Cyprus

Mass brawl in Famagusta district school

October 21st, 20162384 A 16-year-old male was slightly injured on Friday during a fight between pupils from two villages in the Famagusta district. Police said they had been notified at 7.30am about a fight involving around 30 pupils from Liopetri and Xylophagou who attend the Avgorou Technical School. One pupil was taken to hospital where he was treated...
Over 50,000 primary pupils go back to school (PHOTOS) Cyprus

Over 50,000 primary pupils go back to school (PHOTOS)

September 12th, 20161128 Primary schools are fully staffed and equipped for the academic year ahead, an education ministry official said on Monday as more than 50,600 pupils returned back to the classroom following around three months of holidays. This year there are around 9,000 first-graders, while primary schools welcomed in total 50,606 pupils, around a...
Entries invited to Commonwealth essay contest Cyprus

Entries invited to Commonwealth essay contest

March 9th, 20161234 Entries to the annual Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition, won last year by a Cypriot, are being invited from school pupils around the island. Open to people under the age of 18 from or living in a Commonwealth country, this year the contest will focus on living responsibly and with tolerance in an increasingly interconnected...
Police arrest two after knife incident (Updated) Cyprus

Police arrest two after knife incident (Updated)

February 18th, 20151656 Larnaca police have arrested two pupils, 20 and 17, of Syrian origin, in connection with a knife incident in which four Greek Cypriots were injured on Wednesday morning. No one was seriously injured during the incident, which education authorities said was an “unfortunate frivolous act” and was not linked to racist...
Minors caught in betting shop Cyprus

Minors caught in betting shop

January 22nd, 20151032 Four pupils aged  between 14 and 16-years-old were apparently placing wagers on greyhound races – illegal in Cyprus -- in a betting shop in Limassol, police said. According to Limassol police spokespman Ioannis Soteriades, the minors were inside the betting shop when it was raided by police on Wednesday. The 38-year old manager...
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