Posts tagged with "schools"

Teachers union urges caution in abuse investigation Cyprus

Teachers union urges caution in abuse investigation

March 18th, 20151768 Fingers should not be pointed at the teachers of the pre-school where a four-year-old girl was reportedly sexually harassed by three older boys, until investigations are over teachers’ union POED said on Wednesday. Following the uproar created by the claims of the four-year-old girl’s mother who sent a letter to the education...
‘Tolerance needs to be nurtured in multicultural school society’ Cyprus

‘Tolerance needs to be nurtured in multicultural school society’

March 11th, 20151846 By Andria Kades Lakatamia C primary school has become the seventh educational establishment in Cyprus to implement a European programme combating racism and racial discrimination. At an event held earlier this week for teachers, parents and students, Minister of Education Costas Kadis highlighted the importance of nurturing values...
Mobile phones in class a disruptive influence Cyprus

Mobile phones in class a disruptive influence

February 26th, 20152862 By Evie Andreou and Angelos Anastasiou The education ministry is considering installing lockers in schools where students can store their mobile phones instead of having them in their bags inside the classroom, an official said yesterday. Dr Kyprianos Louis, head of secondary education at the ministry was responding to a debate...
Some schools closed for second day Cyprus

Some schools closed for second day

January 9th, 20151252 SCHOOLS in mountain rural areas closed on Thursday due to bad weather, while some remained closed for the second day in a row. An official at the Education ministry said that the Lemithou and Agros high schools remained closed for the second day and that the Lefkara elementary school that operated on Wednesday was closed on...
Students get more days off Cyprus

Students get more days off

January 8th, 20151582 By Evie Andreou THE heavy snowfall that closed off access to their schools yesterday proved to be a blessing in disguise for students in the rural mountain areas, prompting the Education ministry to announce that some will remain closed, adding one or two extra days to their holidays. The ministry also said that the schools may...
Cyprus to mark Ochi Day Cyprus

Cyprus to mark Ochi Day

October 27th, 20143373 School parades will be held across the Republic on Tuesday to mark Greek resistance against the Axis powers, which resulted in Greece entering WWII. October 28 commemorates the day the Greek dictator Ioannis Metaxas rejected the ultimatum given by the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini on October 28, 1940, who had demanded the...
Police launch vehicle safety campaign Cyprus

Police launch vehicle safety campaign

September 15th, 20141213 By Constantinos Psillides TRAFFIC POLICE launched a two-week motorcycle and bus campaign near schools on Monday, in an attempt to reduce the number of traffic accidents involving minors, said traffic police chief Yiannakis Charalambous. Charlambous told the press that for the next two weeks officers will be visiting schools...
Generous donations to feed needy children Cyprus

Generous donations to feed needy children

September 15th, 20141733 By Evie Andreou MONDAY proved to be a windfall day for the education ministry which received more than half a million euros in two donations to help provide free breakfasts to needy students. OPAP Cyprus donated €587,681, more than double their donation last year, to cover breakfast costs for low-income students in rural areas. The...
Everything ready for new school year Cyprus

Everything ready for new school year

August 26th, 20141421 Education Minister Costas Kadis said on Tuesday that everything was ready for the new school year, which begins next week, though there were still 42 schools that needed work over the next 12 months. Kadis on Tuesday visited the ministry’s warehouse to check that the book distribution centre was ready. “It seems everything is...
Cyprus gets €290,000 for fruit scheme in schools Cyprus

Cyprus gets €290,000 for fruit scheme in schools

June 6th, 20141351 THE permanent management committee of the European Union has approved the final national allocations for the 2014-15 School Fruit Scheme, according to which Cyprus is to get €290,000 for the implementation of the programme which will cover 75 per cent of its total cost. The funds, which have to be supplemented by national or private...
Ryanair rolls out groups’ service for Cyprus Business

Ryanair rolls out groups’ service for Cyprus

March 12th, 20141403 By Staff Reporter Ryanair said on Wednesday it had extended its groups’ services to Cyprus on ryanair.com, enabling groups and businesses to book the lowest fare group rates. The service will be followed by a new business product to be unveiled in the summer as Ryanair launches its summer 2014 schedule with 10 European...
Students and pensioners protest against bus fares Cyprus

Students and pensioners protest against bus fares

January 23rd, 20141418 By Peter Stevenson STUDENTS, parents and pensioners gathered on Thursday outside the communications ministry to ask that the government rethink its decision to begin charging students and pensioners bus fares, Taking part in the protest were student body PSEM, secondary and technical school parent associations, teacher’s...
Shacolas group extends free school breakfasts Education

Shacolas group extends free school breakfasts

December 5th, 20131242 THE Nicos and Elpida Shacolas Foundation, in cooperation with the Shacolas group, will continue to give out free breakfasts to primary school children until the end of the 2013-2014 academic year. “Mr Nicos Shacolas’ offer had been until the end of December of this year but he decided to extend the offer into 2014 taking into...
Kenevezos ‘committed’ to reforming hiring practices Cyprus

Kenevezos ‘committed’ to reforming hiring practices

November 2nd, 20131671 By Poly Pantelides  THE education minister said yesterday he was committed to modernising the way educators are hired in state schools. Kenevezos was speaking during a press conference on his first eight months on the job. Under the current system, graduates fulfilling the criteria add their names to a list and are appointed on...
Kato Pyrgos pupils return to classes for now Cyprus

Kato Pyrgos pupils return to classes for now

September 14th, 20131258 PUPILS from the primary school in the remote area of Kato Pyrgos Tylliria returned to their classes yesterday after the intervention of MPs Eirini Charalambidou and Roula Mavronicola. Charalambidou, who represents AKEL, and Mavronicola who represents EDEK both visited the school in an effort to find some form of compromise following...
Schools awarded for tackling racism Cyprus

Schools awarded for tackling racism

June 21st, 20132105 TEN SCHOOLS from across Cyprus were awarded prizes in a competition tackling racism and xenophobia to mark World Refugee Day yesterday. The competition, titled ‘Talk about racism and xenophobia: silence is not a solution’ was organised by the Representations of the European Commission and UNHCR in Cyprus, and the Ombudsman’s...
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Electronics stolen in school burglary

ELECTRONIC devices valued at more than €1,500 were stolen from the Technical School in Avgorou during last week, police said on Saturday.  The head of the Technical School reported to Famagusta CID that between 2.30pm on Thursday and 7am on Friday four classrooms were burgled. Two computers, two sets of speakers, a coffee machine, two...
Schools told to cut down on heating and cooling Cyprus

Schools told to cut down on heating and cooling

June 8th, 20131840 By Peter Stevenson THE education ministry has ordered school boards to remove any unnecessary air-conditioning units or heaters from schools and kindergartens in a bid to save energy and money. A circular was sent out by the technical services of the ministry to the heads of each school board on May 23 detailing which rooms...
Schools' fruit and veg scheme axed after four years Cyprus

Schools' fruit and veg scheme axed after four years

June 5th, 20131185 FRUIT and vegetables will no longer be supplied to primary schools and kindergartens after the department of agriculture decided to terminate its plan aimed at promoting their consumption. The move comes a day after rat droppings were found in some produce designated for a school in Paphos but it was not immediately clear whether the...
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