Cyprus braces for Thursday’s CoLA strike (Updated)
Cyprus will go into an effective standstill for three hours on Thursday, disrupting everything from schools, airlines, court cases and public transport and other sectors....
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Cabinet approves sex education changes
Comprehensive sex education will take place for all school years between reception and third year of secondary school, Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said on Wednesday....
Biology book causes uproar online over comments on STDs
A secondary education biology book has caused an uproar on social media after a page circulated that suggests abstinence from sex before marriage is the...
Teachers’ union demands meeting with minister, threatens action
State secondary school teachers’ union Oelmek on Thursday complained that decisions taken at the ministerial level are overturned or not implemented at lower levels of...
Promoting healthy eating in schools
The Cyprus agricultural payments organisation (Koap) has contributed a total of €717,900.16 to a programme aimed to instil healthy eating habits in school-aged children, the...
Health ministry issues Strep A advice after rise in EU cases
The health ministry on Thursday published information on Streptococcus type A infection in light of recent child deaths in the UK, but clarified that similar...
Parents threaten to shut down schools over curriculum
Parents and students from two schools in Limassol have given the education ministry an ultimatum: respond to our requests over exams by Friday or we...
House president chides minister over sex education interference
Attempts by Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou to interfere in parliament’s scheduled vote on mandating sex education in schools is “blatantly unethical” and violates the separation...
Digitisation and green: budget for schools
The government’s education budget for 2023 amounts to €1.3 billion, marking a 4.1 per cent increase compared to that of 2022, Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou...
Poor performing students no longer being held back a year
Secondary school pupils will no longer be held back a year due to low performance, Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said on Wednesday after the cabinet...
