Concerns grow over continued closure of schools
US study shows classrooms not a hotbed for Covid transmissions
By Antigoni Pitta
With students of all ages having had almost a year of fragmented schooling, parents and experts are ...
Coronavirus: minister says teachers are obliged to get tested
Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou on Friday urged parents to encourage their final year children retuning back to school on Monday to get tested for coronavirus.
Though the testing of pupils ...
Commissioner says children should be involved in running of schools
Children’s rights commissioner Despo Michaelides has expressed concern that domestic laws in Cyprus still do not fully comply with the provisions and principles of the Convention of Rights of ...
Coronavirus: delay in reopening secondary schools worrying, parents say
The delay in reopening secondary schools is worrying and could be putting a strain on the school system, the head of the confederation of secondary school parents say.
Charalambos Dionysiou ...
Coronavirus: Reopening of schools must be done in organised manner say teachers
The forthcoming opening up of primary schools must be carried out in an organised and proper manner, president of primary school teachers union Poed Myria Vasiliou told the Cyprus News ...
Coronavirus: Parents say final-year students should return to school
The secondary school parents’ association has called on the health ministry and government Covid-19 advisory team to allow for final-year students to return to school.
Their call on Monday stated ...
Coronavirus: Internet improved for over 80 per cent of schools
More than 80 per cent of public schools now have access to speedier internet and the project is expected to be concluded by the end of January, the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority ...