Education minister believes dispute with teachers can be resolved (Updated)
Education Minister, Costas Hambiaouris said on Sunday he believed teachers’ unions would show up at a meeting planned for Tuesday to discuss a dispute over...
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Parents furious over slur by teachers’ union
By Evie Andreou Organised parents on Thursday asked secondary education teachers union Oelmek to apologise for calling them ‘errand boys and girls’ for the education...
Teachers called on to play fair, they threaten more measures
By Evie Andreou The government and Archbishop Chrysostomos on Wednesday called on teachers unions to cooperate after the latter threatened the school year would not...
Technical chamber opposes AC in classrooms
Installing air conditioning units in all 750 state schools before first assessing needs and taking other, environmentally friendly measures, would be reckless and irresponsible, the...
Teachers record temperatures of 38C in classrooms
To prove their point that air-conditioning is needed in classrooms during the summer, primary school teachers said on Wednesday that thermometers used the previous day...
Education ministry sees no need for ACs in classrooms
The education ministry said on Tuesday that air conditioning in schools was unnecessary, following a long-standing request from the parents’ association that they be installed....
Around 2,000 students from both sides brought together over past school year
A bicommunal programme titled ‘Imagine’ which aims to promote contact across the divide, managed to bring together 2,000 students and 194 teachers from 40 schools...
MP says sexual harassment in schools not just isolated cases
A primary school teacher in Limassol has been reported for allegedly sexually harassing a student but the state has been unable to do anything but...
Teachers union takes a step back from spat, want to ‘turn the page’
By George Psyllides Following an intense public spat with the education minister after the death of a 10-year-old boy who had been injured at school,...
Education minister called to apologise for ‘offensive’ comments
By Evie Andreou EDUCATION Minister, Costas Hambiaouris, found himself in the dog house on Saturday after both teachers and nurses lashed out on him for...
Ambulance service inundated with calls from jittery parents and teachers
Authorities urged people on Friday to refrain from calling the ambulance service for non-emergencies, after receiving scores of calls daily from jittery parents and teachers...
Meritocracy at heart of new teacher appointment system
By Evie Andreou Young graduates would have to wait between 30 and 100 years to be appointed as teachers in state schools, depending on their...
Upgraded water in schools to cut costs and help environment
The first dispensers with chilled filtered drinking water were installed in the Laniteia Lyceum in the Larnaca district on Monday as part of a plan...
Dust masks to be given to all students
The education ministry said Wednesday it has started distributing masks to schools to protect pupils from dust. The masks will be handed over to pupils...
Undersubscribed old city schools face closure
Undersubscribed old city schools face closure Four schools in the old part of Nicosia are facing closure in the coming years due to the small...
Expansion of e-services in schools
Expansion and integration of e-services in education will allow parents to find out online their children’s exam results while students will have online access to...
Education ministry urged to stop priest confessions in schools
The Cyprus Humanist Association said on Wednesday they had filed a complaint with the education ministry over a Nicosia primary school that invited a priest...
Student attacks teachers
A student attacked two teachers at a school on Tuesday afternoon in the Larnaca district. According to police, he was allegedly angered at a remark...
Photovoltaics to be installed in hundreds of schools
The Council of Ministers on Wednesday approved a joint proposal by the ministries of energy and education for the installation of photovoltaic systems in schools....
Woman linked to child sex abuse in daily contact with pupils (Updated)
Attorney-General Costas Clerides will determine what action, if any, will be taken against a woman identified by a court in 2016 as an accomplice to...
