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 to the ministry of health, ...
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 in schools, warning things could ...
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 as a response to the ...
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 the district border with Larnaca.
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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 trying to trace all the ...
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 ...