Oelmek says no to extra teaching during holidays
Secondary state teachers’ union Oelmek on Friday said there was no need for additional teaching periods over the holidays and suggested the cancellation of quarterly...
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Growing criticism of teachers’ attempts to block education reform
The spat in the education sector over the government’s efforts to implement student assessment reform continued on Monday, when the confederation of secondary school parents...
Teaching union snubs parents’ association (Updated)
By Annette Chrysostomou and Jonathan Shkurko Secondary teachers’ union Oelmek on Friday walked out of a meeting with the education minister in protest at the...
Probe into teacher caught on video slapping pupil
The education ministry has ordered a disciplinary probe into an incident on Tuesday in a Limassol school where a teacher was caught on video...
Students to walk out of class in exam protest
Students group (Psem) announced on Wednesday they will be staging a two-hour walk out on Friday to protest plans by the education ministry to implement...
Agreement close in school literacy programme dispute
THREATENED strike action by secondary school teachers appears to have been averted after Education Minister Costas Kadis compromised on his earlier decision to overhaul...
Our View: The hypocrisy of secondary school union’s blackmail protest
IT WAS astonishing yesterday hearing the head of secondary school teaching union Oelmek, accusing the primary school teaching union Poed, of resorting to blackmail. The...
No cash to appease protesting students, says minister
By Peter Stevenson TAKING part in the protest outside parliament yesterday were students from secondary and technical schools whose gripe is with the transport ministry’s...
Teachers want contract brethren made permanent
By Peter Stevenson MEMBERS of secondary school teachers union OELMEK protested outside the education ministry yesterday against a decision preventing public school contract teachers from...
Secondary schools reopen
By Maria Gregoriou TWELVE smoke bombs were found in the bag of a 16-year-old male student in Limassol yesterday, as secondary schools opened islandwide for...