#Teacher evaluations

The education ministry and teaching unions have until November 5 to submit a plan for the teacher evaluation system reforms, The House education chair Pavlos Mylonas said on Wednesday. Education Minister ...

Well into the new school year, the education ministry is still nowhere near to introducing the new evaluation system for teachers. The relevant bill had been submitted to the legislature ...

The new teacher evaluation plan is designed to support, not punish, teachers, said Education Minister Athena Michaelidou on Monday. She said the bill proposes a flexible system with modern regulations ...

The education ministry is “ready for the new school year”, ahead of which the cabinet decided on Wednesday to improve benefits for pregnant teachers, whether full-time or replacements. “We continue ...

Consultations and discussions with all stakeholders are to take place over the summer on the issue of teacher evaluations, a proposal rejected by the unions at the end of May. ...

Solutions to disagreements between teachers and the government regarding planned reforms to the ways in which teachers are evaluated “can be found in parliament”, the education ministry’s permanent secretary ...

Parents must be formally included in evaluating teachers and schools, the Nicosia federation of primary school parent associations proposed on Tuesday. The group argues that involving parents in the new ...

An overwhelming majority of 5286 votes, or 91.85 per cent, of members of Oelmek, the secondary school teaching union, voted against the government’s new teacher evaluation plan on Thursday. After the ...

The government announced on Tuesday a sweeping reform of the teacher evaluation system, marking the most significant change to public education in decades. Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis outlined the details ...

It is “surprising” to hear accusations of no consultation, noting that talks with unions began nine months ago and had led to concrete outcomes, Education Minister Athina Michaelidou said on ...

Trade union Isotita has opposed the content of the revised plan for the evaluation of teachers, prepared by the education ministry and set to be passed by the cabinet on ...

The proposal for changing how teachers are evaluated, which has been strongly condemned by the unions, is set to be approved by the cabinet on Tuesday. “Our proposal is expected ...