Posts tagged with "schools"

Six-pillar strategy to combat school violence unveiled Education

Six-pillar strategy to combat school violence unveiled

October 12th, 2018 By Lizzy Ioannidou A six-pillar national strategy with a view to preventing and managing violence in schools was announced by Education Minister Costas Hambiaouris on Friday. "The measures and actions included in the national strategy strongly convey the message that no form of violence should be tolerated and that each member of...
Security to be stepped up in public schools Cyprus

Security to be stepped up in public schools

October 4th, 2018 The adoption of a series of measures to raise security levels, including installing fences in schools, is underway it was announced on Thursday following a meeting between the education ministry, teacher organisations, and parents. “The ministry of education will proceed immediately to fence off all schools, to install intercoms to...
New headache for education sector with exam plans Education

New headache for education sector with exam plans

October 2nd, 2018   The education ministry’s decision to go ahead with plans to implement exams on a four-monthly basis is threatening to disrupt the return of peace to the sector last week when teachers’ unions agreed to enter a dialogue on the issues. This time students and parents bodies have chimed in to oppose the move to hold exams...
On second day of strike, teachers initiate ‘info’ campaign Education

On second day of strike, teachers initiate ‘info’ campaign

September 19th, 2018 By Evie Andreou State teachers on Wednesday launched info campaigns in all districts during the second day of their 48-hour strike calling for the protection of state schools, while their union leaders are to meet on Thursday to discuss their next moves. Schools remained closed for the second day due to the strike. Teachers are...
Minister calls on striking teachers to return to dialogue   Education

Minister calls on striking teachers to return to dialogue  

September 18th, 2018 By Evie Andreou All state schools remained closed on Tuesday as teachers went on a 48-hour strike over their disagreement with the government on measures aiming at the streamlining of public education. Education Minister, Costas Hambiaouris, expressed his hope that the 48-hour strike  would be the catalyst for change in public...
Ministry scrambles to ease school disruption Education

Ministry scrambles to ease school disruption

September 13th, 2018 By Elias Hazou THE government on Thursday said it was devising contingency plans to ensure the least possible disruption to the operation of schools should state teachers escalate their industrial action. Following a meeting of the cabinet chaired by president Nicos Anastasiades, deputy government spokesperson Klelia Vasiliou...
Vandalism, teachers’ dispute mark new school year (Update 2) Education

Vandalism, teachers’ dispute mark new school year (Update 2)

September 10th, 2018 By Doris Christodoulou and Annette Chrysostomou Extensive vandalism, gangs throwing flares, upsets over the state of buildings and the ongoing dispute with teachers’ unions marked the beginning of the school year on Monday. From Limassol, Education Minister Costas Hambiaouris welcomed children back to school calling it a “day...
State urges teachers unions to accept latest proposal Education

State urges teachers unions to accept latest proposal

September 7th, 2018 By Lizzy Ioannidou The government on Friday urged teachers’ unions to accept the latest proposal in view of the start of the school year and the current uncertainty, reminding them that following implementation, a greater dialogue could then be launched to solve the education crisis. Government spokesman Prodromos Prodromou said:...
Two teacher unions announce work to rule on eve of new term Education

Two teacher unions announce work to rule on eve of new term

September 2nd, 2018 Two teacher unions, Oelmek and Oltelk, on Sunday released a list of the measures they would take in protest against the cabinet’s recent decision to streamline education that has caused a crisis in education and remains unresolved at the start of the school year on Monday. The unions have rejected compromise proposals from the...
Last-ditch effort to reach deal with teachers Cyprus

Last-ditch effort to reach deal with teachers

August 23rd, 2018 By Evie Andreou The government on Thursday offered teachers a raft of sweeteners in an attempt to bring an end to union threats to shut down the start of the school year, which included compensation for cutting out some of their class exemptions, one of the issues in the ongoing dispute over the streamlining of education. The...
Anastasiades to step back into education row (Updated) Education

Anastasiades to step back into education row (Updated)

August 22nd, 2018 President Nicos Anastasiades is to meet with teachers’ unions on Thursday in a bid to alleviate the crisis in public education following a government decision to abolish a number of benefits, which had led to educators threatening strike measures in September when schools open. Government Spokesman Prodromos Prodromou on Wednesday...
New meeting with teachers’ unions set for Sunday evening Education

New meeting with teachers’ unions set for Sunday evening

August 5th, 2018 A new meeting will be held Sunday evening between the ministry of education and the teachers' unions Oelmek, Poed and Oltek. The meeting is set for 6.30pm. During Saturday’s meeting, according to CNA, the three unions explained their positions, which they set out in a joint written document for the education minister Costas...
Deal on teaching hours remains elusive Education

Deal on teaching hours remains elusive

August 3rd, 2018 Teachers unions and the education ministry held more talks on Thursday over proposed changes to the operation of public schools, but it was unclear whether they were any closer to a deal acceptable to both sides. The Oelmek and Oltek trade unions both said that on Friday they would be presenting the state of play in the ongoing talks...
Education minister believes dispute with teachers can be resolved (Updated) Education

Education minister believes dispute with teachers can be resolved (Updated)

July 22nd, 2018 Education Minister, Costas Hambiaouris said on Sunday he believed teachers’ unions would show up at a meeting planned for Tuesday to discuss a dispute over streamlining schools that includes teaching hours. The minister was responding to reports that the union representatives would not show up. Teachers oppose plans to stop the...
Parents furious over slur by teachers' union Education

Parents furious over slur by teachers' union

July 20th, 2018 By Evie Andreou Organised parents on Thursday asked secondary education teachers union Oelmek to apologise for calling them ‘errand boys and girls’ for the education minister and to attend the meeting called by the latter for next week. In a harsh tone, the head of the confederation of secondary education schools’ parents’...
Teachers called on to play fair, they threaten more measures Education

Teachers called on to play fair, they threaten more measures

July 18th, 2018 By Evie Andreou The government and Archbishop Chrysostomos on Wednesday called on teachers unions to cooperate after the latter threatened the school year would not begin smoothly following an inconclusive meeting they had with Education Minister, Costas Hambiaouris on Tuesday. Teaching unions Poed, Oelmek, and Oltek, on the other...
Technical chamber opposes AC in classrooms Education

Technical chamber opposes AC in classrooms

June 28th, 2018 Installing air conditioning units in all 750 state schools before first assessing needs and taking other, environmentally friendly measures, would be reckless and irresponsible, the island’s technical chamber, Etek, said on Wednesday. The chamber said in an announcement that it had been following the recent debate on whether air...
Teachers record temperatures of 38C in classrooms Education

Teachers record temperatures of 38C in classrooms

June 13th, 2018 To prove their point that air-conditioning is needed in classrooms during the summer, primary school teachers said on Wednesday that thermometers used the previous day recorded temperatures of up to 38C starting as early as 7.45am. Teachers had responded to their union Poed’s call to measure temperatures in what its chairman...
Education ministry sees no need for ACs in classrooms Education

Education ministry sees no need for ACs in classrooms

June 12th, 2018 The education ministry said on Tuesday that air conditioning in schools was unnecessary, following a long-standing request from the parents’ association that they be installed. Director of the technical services at the education ministry Andreas Marangos told the Cyprus Mail that air conditioning was not needed as schools are closed...
Around 2,000 students from both sides brought together over past school year Education

Around 2,000 students from both sides brought together over past school year

June 11th, 2018 A bicommunal programme titled ‘Imagine’ which aims to promote contact across the divide, managed to bring together 2,000 students and 194 teachers from 40 schools on both sides during the academic year 2017-2018, it said on Monday. The Bi-communal Technical Committee on Education, which was established after the agreement between...
MP says sexual harassment in schools not just isolated cases   Education

MP says sexual harassment in schools not just isolated cases  

May 24th, 2018 A primary school teacher in Limassol has been reported for allegedly sexually harassing a student but the state has been unable to do anything but transfer him to another school, according to Disy MP Efthymios Diplaros. In a press conference on Thursday, Diplaros said he sought to make public two cases he was aware of, in a bid to...
Teachers union takes a step back from spat, want to ‘turn the page’ Education

Teachers union takes a step back from spat, want to ‘turn the page’

May 24th, 2018 By George Psyllides Following an intense public spat with the education minister after the death of a 10-year-old boy who had been injured at school, primary education teachers’ union Poed took a step back on Thursday saying it would focus on health and safety in schools. Poed chairman Phylios Phylactou said teachers had been...
Education minister called to apologise for ‘offensive’ comments   Cyprus

Education minister called to apologise for ‘offensive’ comments  

May 19th, 2018 By Evie Andreou EDUCATION Minister, Costas Hambiaouris, found himself in the dog house on Saturday after both teachers and nurses lashed out on him for comments and actions they found to be “offensive and undermining”. Primary school teachers’ union Poed said they would cut off all communication with Hambiaouris until the end...
Ambulance service inundated with calls from jittery parents and teachers Cyprus

Ambulance service inundated with calls from jittery parents and teachers

May 18th, 2018 Authorities urged people on Friday to refrain from calling the ambulance service for non-emergencies, after receiving scores of calls daily from jittery parents and teachers for minor injuries following the death of a 10-year-old boy after a school accident last week. According to the head of the ambulance service, Riana Constantinou,...
Meritocracy at heart of new teacher appointment system Education

Meritocracy at heart of new teacher appointment system

May 11th, 2018 By Evie Andreou Young graduates would have to wait between 30 and 100 years to be appointed as teachers in state schools, depending on their subject, under the current appointment system, according to an assessment report of the exam results of candidates wishing to work as educators. A report assessing the results of the teaching...
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