#schools

The education ministry has acknowledged shortcomings in the initial rollout of its new “Breakfast for All” programme after concerns were raised by parents over portion sizes and the use of ...

With the long, hot summer fast approaching, parents are steeling themselves for nearly 12 weeks of dealing with their often fractious children. Parents frequently complain that schools close far too often – ...

Reforms to special education are “long overdue”, with legislation set to be amended for the first time in 27 years, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Thursday. Michaelidou presented a comprehensive ...

Plans to install air conditioning in public schools are facing delays, with electrical contractors warning that technical constraints and grid limitations could prevent systems from operating during the summer, even ...

A recent survey by primary school teachers’ union Poed, published on Thursday, found that 95 per cent of the 1,017 teachers who participated reported an increase in incidents of school violence and ...

A total of 510 incidents of violence were reported in 98 schools taking part in a survey for the 2024-2025 academic year, a safe school group report made public on Tuesday said. ...

For several decades, anyone with a university degree was eligible to become a public school teacher, regardless of their abilities. All that was required was a bachelors degree from a ...

Investment in sport is an investment in society and in the younger generation, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Friday, highlighting the government’s focus on strengthening schools through targeted ...

The nursery school and primary school in the village of Akrotiri, as well as the village’s environmental education centre will reopen on Monday, the education ministry confirmed on Friday. ...

Pupils of the nursery school and primary school in the village of Akrotiri, both of which have been closed for a week in the aftermath of a drone strike on ...

By Philippa Tracy Historically, the UK has been a very popular university destination for students from Cyprus. But in the aftermath of Brexit, from 2020 the number of Cypriot students applying ...

Schools in the villages of Trachoni, Episkopi, Akrotiri, and Asomatos – all of which are located within the bounds of the British Akrotiri base area – were closed on Monday “as a ...

Details of a report compiled by the European Parliamentary research service which was seen by the Cyprus Mail on Wednesday decried “the violation of the human rights” of Greek Cypriot ...

Building new schools in Larnaca is imperative, the head of the city’s parents’ association, Costas Costa, said on Monday, stressing that all classrooms must be equipped with air conditioning ...

Police are investigating an alleged assault on a teacher by a student at a high school in Larnaca, reported to have taken place on Wednesday. According to police, a female ...

The total number of students in Cyprus increased to 218,129 in the 2023/2024 school year, up 4.7 per cent from 208,374 in 2022/2023, the statistical service announced on Tuesday. The number of schools and other ...

Cameras will be installed at 50 more schools across the island during the next year, the education minister told MPs on Tuesday. Athena Michaelidou was responding to a query as to ...

New revelations aired on state television on Friday regarding recent organised neo-Nazi activity at Vergina High School in Larnaca with allegations that more than 100 pupils are actively involved and others ...

Across Europe, children today are moving less, exercising less, and presenting lower levels of physical fitness than any generation before them. Cyprus mirrors this trend with troubling accuracy. As a ...

Primary school teacher union Poed decided on Thursday – as a “gesture of good will” – to postpone its work stoppage scheduled for November 26 to protest the proposed changes to the teacher ...

Primary school teachers’ union Poed will be striking on November 26 from 7.30am till 9am to protest the proposed teacher evaluation plan, a week after unions Oelmek and Isotita are set ...

The education ministry reaffirmed its zero-tolerance stance on school violence and racism on Friday, highlighting its ongoing efforts to promote respect, inclusion and democratic dialogue in education. Speaking at an ...

The municipality of Strovolos will be working with neighbourhood social workers to establish a direct line of communication with school administrators, Strovolos mayor Stavros Stavrinidis said during a meeting with ...

Students at Polis Chrysochous gymnasium and Kykkos A lyceum in Nicosia on Friday staged a walkout over broken fans and air conditioning units in the school’s classrooms, saying that ...