Teachers to decide on president’s proposal next week
Teachers’ unions Oelmek, Oeltek and Poed will decide next week on a proposal sent to them on Friday by President Nikos Christodoulides over the implementation of an agreement for permanent ...
Teachers call for government support to improve education sector
Teachers should have the right support from the government to streamline any changes that can improve the education sector, head of the primary school teachers’ union Poed, Myria Vasiliou, said ...
Turkish Cypriot teachers miffed after halloumi called ‘cheese’ in textbook
Turkish Cypriot teachers expressed their displeasure after it emerged on Thursday that halloumi had been described as “halloumi cheese” in a school textbook.
The offending textbook was the first grade ...
Teachers in north to protest over theological school
Teachers in the north will protest on Tuesday, their unions said, following the announcement by Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay to create a theological school in Famagusta.
According to the ...
Our View: Biggest lesson taught at school is militant unionism
One of the main reasons for failing public education is excessive power wielded by the teaching unions. This union power has created a public school system that primarily exists to ...