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The eight teenagers detained as suspects in the arson at a school in Strovolos are set to appear before the Nicosia district court on Wednesday as remand orders against them ...

Preventing and combating youth delinquency, such as school bullying, is a top priority for the government, Justice Minister Anna Koukkides-Procopiou said on Tuesday. She was speaking at an event to ...

An eighth teen arrested in connection with arson at a Nicosia school was on Monday remanded in police custody for two days by the Nicosia district court. According to the ...

All regular school bus services resumed operations on Monday morning after chaotic scenes last week when buses were pulled to fit fire retardant systems. Speaking to CyBC radio on Monday, ...

Around 300 of the 700 children at the Bekirpasha high school in Trikomo “do not speak Turkish as their first language”, according to local ‘MP’ Biray Hamzaogullari. Hamzaogullari, who belongs to opposition ...

A man arrested on Tuesday for masturbating outside a primary school in the north did so “as a joke”, he told police. The man, a Pakistani national who was arrested ...

Six teenagers were expelled from the Paphos Technical School on Tuesday due to “their delinquent behaviour”, the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) reported. The school’s leaders said the children were “...

A teacher at a Limassol high school was accused of forcibly cutting a student’s hair, it emerged on Friday. According to reports, the incident happened at the start of ...

Children in Cyprus reported the second highest amount of negative effects from the Coronavirus pandemic, an international survey by the World Health Organisation (WHO) showed on Tuesday. As only Kazakhstan ...

Staff are feverishly preparing for the new school year, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said, explaining that the summer months are especially important to prepare for all the new changes ahead. ...

The doors of the presidential office are always open to support the Armenian community, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday, while attending an event to celebrate 50 years of operation of ...

Ahead of Wednesday’s Cypriot cup final between Omonia and Ael Limassol, unknown perpetrators have vandalised the walls of the Ayios Ioannis school in Limassol with football-related graffiti. The act ...

Five schools will become model green schools thanks to an investment programme focusing on sustainable energy in education, the education ministry announced on Wednesday. Through a total investment of €2 million, ...

Students and parents across Livadia’s primary and secondary schools will hold a one-hour walkout on Monday morning to protest what they say is chronic overcrowding. “Overcrowding in our schools ...

Oroklini police will begin an investigation to explore to what extent the slurs hurled at a 14-year-old student from Congo can be classed as racist. Larnaca police chief Haris Hadjigiasemi ...

Registration for public primary schools and kindergartens for the 2023-2024 school year will be delayed, the education ministry announced on Friday. Registration will not be available during the first week ...

A decision to assign an eight-year-old student to a special education unit has nothing to do with exclusion, the education ministry reiterated on Tuesday. The decision was made by experts, ...

Parents, the union for the disabled (Kysoa) and others held a protest on Monday morning outside the school of an eight-year-old pupil who they claim is being discriminated against by ...

A fire broke out on Friday night at the Ayios Chrysostomos high school in Lakatamia, Nicosia. Police said that around 9pm on Friday night police were called about a fire ...

Students at a Nicosia technical school protested outside the gates on Friday morning, demanding the resignation of the headmaster, accusing him of handing out suspensions for no reason. Meanwhile, the ...

A secondary education teacher who has been arrested this month on suspicion of sexually abusing over a dozen students continues to hold his position at a Limassol school, as competent ...

Can somebody please explain just what educational learning is to be gained by off-loading gangs of young teenage school kids on Paphos harbour and letting them run riot. This morning ...

The acts of violence that have recently been recorded at a Limassol high school were on Saturday condemned by the Pancyprian Federation of Parents’ Associations, which said they tarnish the ...

Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou has drafted a proposal to end the practice of making gymnasium pupils repeat a year based on performance assessment. According to Philenews the proposal has already ...