Coronavirus: all options on the table for schools
It is not yet clear how schools will operate from September, the education ministry said on Friday, as increasing coronavirus cases put their normal operation...
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Paphos to get new state kindergarten as other schools move premises
A tender has been announced to create a new public kindergarten in Paphos, which is the first step in ‘rotating’ a number of schools to...
Coronavirus: school testing completed, 20,000 samples processed
The testing of 20,000 teachers, staff and students for the coronavirus has been completed, the education ministry announced on Thursday. “The results of the laboratory...
Over 1,200 students and 162 teachers from both sides brought together in 2019/2020
The Bicommunal Technical Committee on Education said on Wednesday it had completed the ‘Imagine’ programme for the school year 2019-2020, bringing together 1,285 students and...
Coronavirus: Students introduced to new normal as they return to school
Rafaella sneezed into her elbow during the school break. Her friends tried to remain calm but took a timid step back. A masked journalist jokingly...
Coronavirus: OEV calls on businesses to be flexible with working parents
The Employers and Industrialists Federation (OEV) urged members on Wednesday to be flexible with employees as many of them return to work on Thursday after...
Coronavirus: Education minister reiterates lost teaching hours will be caught up next year
Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou on Tuesday said teaching hours lost due to the pandemic will be compensated for in the next academic year. Speaking after...
Coronavirus: Distance learning is here to stay says minister
Distance education although in its infancy must be continued Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said on Monday, adding that a relevant law will soon be passed....
Coronavirus: tests begin on all students in schools where positive cases found
All final year students as well as staff at the Apostolos Varnavas lyceum are being tested for the coronavirus on Monday. According to the school’s...
Coronavirus: Prodromou confirms schools, except first and second years of lyceums, will open on May 21 (Update 2)
Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou confirmed on Friday that primary schools and gymnasiums would open on May 21 as part of the second phase of lifting...
Coronavirus: Children better off at school say psychologists
The psychological association on Wednesday said that children are better off back at school as long as their return is carefully planned. The association was...
Coronavirus: Teachers unions, data commissioner say distance learning violates rights
Teachers’ unions are against the use of cameras in classrooms for remote teaching, saying they violate personal data and disrupt the lesson. “We completely disagree...
Virologist says students’ return to school does not raise concerns
The return of students to school does not raise any concerns, professor of microbiology and molecular virology at the University of Nicosia Medical School, Petros...
Coronavirus: demise of school socialising, behaviour to be regimented
Parents of secondary school students, and the children’s parliament on Sunday issued Sunday a health and safety guide for pupils ahead of their return to...
Coronavirus: parents concerned about decision to reopen schools
Parents and teachers of secondary-school students say they are concerned over the government’s decision that sees the return to classes on Monday of tens of...
Coronavirus: Schools ready for Monday (Updated)
Schools will be ready by Monday to receive final year high-school students, the chairman of secondary education headmasters said on Saturday. The rest of the...
Coronavirus: political wrangling benefits no one, spokesman says
Political controversies do not benefit anybody in the difficult times that the country is still going through, government spokesman Kyriakos Kousios said in a written...
Coronavirus: Anastasiades says concerns over schools opening understandable but not justified (Updated)
President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday said that concerns of parents, teachers and other on the reopening of schools were understandable but not justified since decisions...
Coronavirus: Kostrikis says ‘surprised’ by decision to reopen schools (Update 4)
The decision to open schools on May 21, met with some opposition from teaching unions on Wednesday, led to confusion on Thursday following comments by...
Coronavirus: students’ union wants more buses and routes to avoid overcrowding
Student union Psem sent a letter to the transport ministry on Thursday asking for an increase in bus routes for students in light of the...
