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...
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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...
