Our View: Public education reaches new level of absurdity
Public education was taken to the next level of absurdity on Monday when the organisation representing secondary school students, known as Psem, urged their teachers...
teachers’ unions
Our View: Do school teachers really expect to dictate how universities are run?
The arrogance of the teaching unions knows no bounds. On Monday the leaders of all the teaching unions, including that of primary school teachers, sat...
Teaching unions to sue government over wage cuts after strike
TEACHING unions will sue the Education Ministry over pay cuts from a two-day strike held in September, the general-secretary of the teachers’ union Poed Charis...
Teachers’ unions awaiting bridging proposals from parents (Updated)
Teachers unions on Sunday postponed a scheduled meeting to decide whether they would agree to an interim deal with the government concerning their terms of...
Teachers unions push back decisions until Sunday
By Elias THE three main state teachers’ unions will be jointly deciding on Sunday as to whether they will agree to an interim deal with...
Parents attempt to mediate in education crisis
By Peter Michael PARENTS’ organisations attempted on Friday to mediate two-month long crisis between teachers and the state, but failed to quell the brewing strike...
Teacher unions counter-proposal rejected by government (updated)
The government on Tuesday rejected the counter-proposal submitted earlier in the day by the teachers’ union Poed, spokesman Prodromos Prodromou said after it had been...
Two of three teachers’ unions reject latest proposal (Update 2)
As of Saturday, two of the three education unions, secondary-school teachers’ union Oelmek and of technical schoolteachers’ union Oltek, had confirmed they would not be...
State urges teachers unions to accept latest proposal
By Lizzy Ioannidou The government on Friday urged teachers’ unions to accept the latest proposal in view of the start of the school year and...
House labour committee to convene to discuss teacher issues
The House labour committee will convene extraordinarily this coming week to discuss the labour issues concerning the education crisis, it was announced on Saturday. As...
Last-ditch effort to reach deal with teachers
By Evie Andreou The government on Thursday offered teachers a raft of sweeteners in an attempt to bring an end to union threats to shut...
Anastasiades to step back into education row (Updated)
President Nicos Anastasiades is to meet with teachers’ unions on Thursday in a bid to alleviate the crisis in public education following a government decision...
‘Light at the end of the tunnel’ in education spat?
PRIMARY school teachers’ union Poed leader Fylios Fylaktou was optimistic on Monday that a satisfactory solution could be found in the ongoing dispute with the...
As talks fail teachers say will strike in September (Updated)
Teachers will go on a protracted strike in September, unions announced on Thursday after a meeting between Oelmek, Oeltek and Poed convened in response to...
‘No light at the end of the tunnel’ in education crisis (Updated)
The education ministry on Monday said it has given teaching unions all the measures decided by the cabinet earlier in the month over the streamlining...
Talks with teachers union to wrap up over the weekend
Consultations between teaching unions and the education ministry on the streamlining of state schools are expected to wrap up within the weekend or Monday the...
President to step into teaching dispute
President Nicos Anastasiades on Wednesday invited teaching unions to a meeting later this week to discuss changes to teachers’ workloads which has prompted strike threats....
Teachers announce strike over teaching hours changes (Updated)
The main unions representing public school teachers announced on Monday that they will be going on a ‘protracted’ strike as of September, as a...
Minister agrees to talks with teachers (Update 3)
Education Minister Costas Hambiaouris agreed on Monday to engage in talks with the teaching unions on Tuesday, after they extended an invitation he visit their...
Teachers unions upset over plans for study on state schools
Teachers unions are concerned about the Council of Ministers’ decision to approve the hiring of consultants to carry out a study of state schools....
