Over 500 Covid cases found in schools this week
More than 500 new Covid-19 cases were reported in school units in the last week, creating small transmission chains, the Cyprus News Agency reported on...
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Secondary schools reopen (Updated)
Gymnasium, lyceum and technical school students returned to classes on Wednesday for the new academic year. Teachers have been back in the classroom since September...
Our View: Media needs to realise teaching union bosses are not in it for education
There is a strange habit in the Cyprus media always to seek the opinions of teaching union bosses about public schools and education ministry policy....
€20 million to digitally upgrade all schools
A €20 million deal to digitally upgrade all schools by 2025 was signed by the education ministry on Tuesday. “In essence, this is the biggest...
Coronavirus: Parents and teachers to protest masks, tests in schools
Two groups, the Union of United Parents and the teachers branch of the Cyprus Equality Union, said on Monday they would stage a protest outside...
Move to archive the history of schools
An initiative is underway to find and rescue historical material on the island’s primary and secondary schools with a view to setting up an educational...
Racism not something that is accepted in schools, Prodromou said
Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou on Friday rubbished allegations of racist motives by teachers for incidents in secondary schools. Following a meeting with the association of...
‘Worrying’ number of incidents in schools to be discussed
Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou on Thursday announced he would meet with secondary education headteachers to discuss the “worrying” number of incidents in schools. Following several...
All schools to have air conditioning under new €100m plan, Prodromou says
The education ministry has prepared a five-year programme costing around €100 million for air conditioning in schools, minister Prodromos Prodromou has revealed. He told CNA...
Education ministry backtracks, confirm sexual harassment investigation
The education ministry, which had initially rejected a student’s claims that she was sexually abused at the school, on Thursday confirmed police were investigating the...
