Children protest over proposed move from Phaneromeni school
Dozens of children gathered on Friday afternoon outside the Phaneromeni school in the old part of Nicosia protesting against plans for the relocation of the...
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Coronavirus: Increased signs of stress and depression among the young
The number of children suffering from stress, depression, and other related conditions has increased because of the coronavirus pandemic, the House education committee heard on...
Coronavirus: psychologist warns of damage to kids from school closures
Cabinet will decide next week on when lower secondary school (gymnasium) pupils will return to in-class lessons, Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said on Friday. His...
Coronavirus: Covid numbers trumped experts’ advice to open schools for mental wellbeing
The decision to keep gymnasium students at home was based on the epidemiological data despite experts having recommended the reopening of schools for psychological reasons,...
Coronavirus: gymnasium pupils will not return to school before April 2
Gymnasium students will continue distance learning until the end of the month, Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said on Tuesday. Speaking after the cabinet meeting which...
Our View: Rational thought has been another casualty of the pandemic
Apart from the loss of lives, the pandemic has also caused a loss of reason among those that govern us. Covid-19 has had a disastrous...
Coronavirus: re-opening of gymnasiums still in limbo, parents to protest
Gymnasiums could reopen if Covid protocols are implemented but how soon that may be has not yet been decided, an adviser to the government told...
Our View: Government is oblivious to the harm it’s doing to children
The Anastasiades government has shown what its priorities are with the latest measures it announced. It is certainly not education as it has decided to...
Coronavirus: reopening of schools still ‘fluid’ minister says
The outlook on the reopening of schools is “fluid” so far, Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said on Thursday as Cyprus anxiously awaits Friday’s announcement on...
Coronavirus: not enough substitute teachers to cover absences, union says
Absences as a result of Covid-19 in the past few weeks have put a strain on the substitute teacher system, primary school teachers association (Poed)...
Coronavirus: Most students go ahead with mandatory testing
Most secondary school pupils have responded positively to the new decree requiring them to get weekly rapid tests, head teachers, the ministry of education and...
Coronavirus: anti-testing parents told ‘keep kids home but don’t complain come exam time’
Everyone has the right to keep their children from going to school if they don’t want them tested for coronavirus but they shouldn’t complain later...
Coronavirus: Mandatory testing does not violate children’s rights commissioner says (update 2)
Mandatory rapid testing at schools does not affect children’s rights to privacy or education, children’s rights commissioner Despo Michaelidou said on Thursday in response to...
Coronavirus: Units for school rapid tests (Updated with locations, times)
Starting from Thursday, the health ministry will deploy 27 mobile testing units to carry out rapid antigen coronavirus tests in schools for pupils, teachers and...
Our View: Knee-jerk reactions are penalising schoolchildren
The last few days have exposed the government’s erratic approach to dealing with the pandemic, an approach that fails to inspire any confidence or reassure...
Coronavirus: Parents outraged by moves to have students tested
Parents on Tuesday said they were outraged by a new health ministry decree that means all secondary school students must take weekly rapid tests. According...
Coronavirus: authorities defend delay in fully opening schools
Authorities on Monday justified the decision to postpone for a week the return of junior high-school pupils to classrooms citing the coronavirus cases recently detected...
Coronavirus: decree mandates testing for all teachers and school staff
Teachers and school staff must undergo a mandatory weekly rapid antigen test starting Saturday, the health and education ministries announced on Friday. This decree comes...
Coronavirus: spike in infections at another Limassol school
Following coronavirus clusters in two Limassol schools, authorities have seen a surge in infections at a regional primary school in Eptagonia, a village close to...
Coronavirus: clusters emerge at two Limassol primary schools
Coronavirus clusters have emerged in two primary schools in Limassol including pupils and teachers, forcing the closure of one on Wednesday, as health authorities were...
