schools
Kokkinochoria gymnasium and lyceum won a national school competition ‘Think Smart, Create Green’ and will compete in the international final competition in May 2023, an...
Ministry outlines how students to be assessed this school year
Students sitting exams at the end of the school year will be questioned on 60 per cent of the material taught in public schools, a...
Outrage in north over tent schools
Students in the north will be attending class in tents, as some school buildings were deemed unsafe, which drew the ire of both political opposition...
‘Buildings in the north more resilient’ than those in Turkey
Buildings in the north have more resilient construction than those in Turkey, ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel said on Monday, despite criticism over the weekend that...
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....
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...