Posts tagged with "teachers"

Union calls on teachers to abstain from extracurricular activities Education

Union calls on teachers to abstain from extracurricular activities

October 11th, 2018 By Evie Andreou Primary teachers’ union, Poed has called on its members to abstain from extracurricular activities outside school, including escorting pupils to parades, citing lack of provisions as to who would be responsible in case of an accident. In a circular with decisions by the union’s board concerning health and safety...
New headache for education sector with exam plans Education

New headache for education sector with exam plans

October 2nd, 2018   The education ministry’s decision to go ahead with plans to implement exams on a four-monthly basis is threatening to disrupt the return of peace to the sector last week when teachers’ unions agreed to enter a dialogue on the issues. This time students and parents bodies have chimed in to oppose the move to hold exams...
Union asks for postponement of all-day schools citing staffing problems Education

Union asks for postponement of all-day schools citing staffing problems

September 28th, 2018 Primary education teachers’ union, Poed on Friday called for a postponement in the operation of all-day schools that are set to begin operating next week, until the education ministry is ready with arrangements as to staffing. The union sent a letter to the education ministry expressing their concerns over the delay in appointing...
Teachers’ unions awaiting bridging proposals from parents (Updated) Education

Teachers’ unions awaiting bridging proposals from parents (Updated)

September 23rd, 2018 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 employment, Cyprus News Agency reported. According to the report, the unions were expecting some initiatives on Sunday that could mean a breakthrough in the protracted...
Teachers unions push back decisions until Sunday Education

Teachers unions push back decisions until Sunday

September 20th, 2018 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 the government concerning their terms of employment, they said on Thursday. The syndicates held a long meeting during the day, debating a mediation proposal brought by the SEK umbrella trade...
On second day of strike, teachers initiate ‘info’ campaign Education

On second day of strike, teachers initiate ‘info’ campaign

September 19th, 2018 By Evie Andreou State teachers on Wednesday launched info campaigns in all districts during the second day of their 48-hour strike calling for the protection of state schools, while their union leaders are to meet on Thursday to discuss their next moves. Schools remained closed for the second day due to the strike. Teachers are...
European stats show teachers well paid, work few hours Cyprus

European stats show teachers well paid, work few hours

September 18th, 2018 The state audit service published European-wide statistics on salaries and working hours on Tuesday that showed Cypriot teachers were better paid and worked less hours than most of their colleagues in the EU. According to the 2015-2016 European Commission’s report Eurydice, the difference between the minimum and maximum salary in...
‘State not looking to take vindictive measures against teachers’ (Updated) Cyprus

‘State not looking to take vindictive measures against teachers’ (Updated)

September 17th, 2018 By Evie Andreou Education Minister Costas Hambiaouris on Monday refuted claims that the government would take vindictive measures against striking teachers, but stressed it plans on finding ways to best tackle the issue by protecting the rights of pupils. Hambiaouris, along with the ministers of agriculture and labour, had a...
Government says it will not be blackmailed by teachers' strike Cyprus

Government says it will not be blackmailed by teachers' strike

September 12th, 2018 PRESIDENT Nicos Anastasiades said on Wednesday the government would not succumb to blackmail as teachers announced a 48-hour strike next week. All three teachers' unions – Poed, Oelmek and Oltek – decided to go on strike next Tuesday and Wednesday after their latest proposals were rejected by the government in a dispute that has...
Vandalism, teachers’ dispute mark new school year (Update 2) Education

Vandalism, teachers’ dispute mark new school year (Update 2)

September 10th, 2018 By Doris Christodoulou and Annette Chrysostomou Extensive vandalism, gangs throwing flares, upsets over the state of buildings and the ongoing dispute with teachers’ unions marked the beginning of the school year on Monday. From Limassol, Education Minister Costas Hambiaouris welcomed children back to school calling it a “day...
Our View: Anastasiades’ epic surrender to teachers will prove costly Our View

Our View: Anastasiades’ epic surrender to teachers will prove costly

September 9th, 2018 IN THE LAST two months, the government has given a very convincing display of ineptitude, weakness and frivolity as it turned its dispute with the teachers into running joke. There is only one person to blame for this epic embarrassment – President Anastasiades, who initially posed as the resolute and uncompromising leader. He then...
Tentative deal in education stand-off (Update 2) Cyprus

Tentative deal in education stand-off (Update 2)

September 6th, 2018 By George Psyllides THE standoff between state teachers and the government appeared to be heading for resolution on Thursday, as the two sides were able to hammer out a framework deal. The Cyprus News Agency (CNA) said the three main teachers’ unions had in their hands a document, drafted jointly by a ministerial committee and...
Two teacher unions announce work to rule on eve of new term Education

Two teacher unions announce work to rule on eve of new term

September 2nd, 2018 Two teacher unions, Oelmek and Oltelk, on Sunday released a list of the measures they would take in protest against the cabinet’s recent decision to streamline education that has caused a crisis in education and remains unresolved at the start of the school year on Monday. The unions have rejected compromise proposals from the...
Teachers reject new government proposal (Update 2) Cyprus

Teachers reject new government proposal (Update 2)

August 31st, 2018 Teacher unions on Friday rejected a government compromise proposal that left room for controversial cabinet decisions, which had triggered a row, to be amended, as Education Minister Costas Hambiaouris appealed for the rhetoric to be toned down and intensified talks to resolve the problems. According to the Cyprus News Agency, the...
House committees to meet again on education crisis Education

House committees to meet again on education crisis

August 29th, 2018 The House labour and education committee is scheduled to meet at 1pm to discuss the crisis in public education. The meeting will be attended by the education minister, the auditor-general, the general director of the education ministry, the head of the budget of the finance ministry, the teachers’ unions, parents associations and...
Schools will open as normal despite protest (Update 3) Education

Schools will open as normal despite protest (Update 3)

August 27th, 2018 Teachers on Monday said they were willing to continue the dialogue with the government on streamlining education but refused to budge from their positions, leaving open the possibility of measures although schools would open as planned, they said. A planned march from public service union Pasydy’s office to the presidential palace...
Unions and political parties declare their support for teachers Education

Unions and political parties declare their support for teachers

August 27th, 2018 State doctors’ union, Pasyki, joined a long list of other unions and some political parties on Monday to come out in support of the rejection by teaching unions of the government’s latest proposals to solve the ongoing teaching dispute. In a statement, Pasyki likened the children’s right to education to the people’s right to...
Teachers rejected the results of their own negotiations, minister says Education

Teachers rejected the results of their own negotiations, minister says

August 26th, 2018 Education Minister Costas Hambiaouris said the rejection by teacher unions of proposals made to them by the government was regrettable but is still optimistic that a dialogue could produce results. In an interview with Politis on Sunday, Hambiaouris, two days after the rejection and the announcement by unions that teachers would go on...
Our View: Government needs to fight to take back control of education Our View

Our View: Government needs to fight to take back control of education

August 26th, 2018 It was a great relief to hear on Friday that all three teaching unions had rejected President Anastasiades’ compromise proposal with which they left the presidential palace the previous day. All three unions, Poed, Oltek and Oelmek, decided at separate meetings of their respective members to say no to the president’s last-ditch...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Was the collapse of the Co-op a conspiracy theory? Coffeeshop

Tales from the Coffeeshop: Was the collapse of the Co-op a conspiracy theory?

August 26th, 2018 WAS THE collapse of the Cooperative Central Bank (CCB) a well-plotted conspiracy aimed at boosting the size of Hellenic Bank? This is what a skettos-drinker from Limassol who visited our establishment last week insisted, claiming that the appointment as CEO of the inept Nicholas Hadjiyiannis, whose knowledge of banking was pretty...
Last-ditch effort to reach deal with teachers Cyprus

Last-ditch effort to reach deal with teachers

August 23rd, 2018 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 down the start of the school year, which included compensation for cutting out some of their class exemptions, one of the issues in the ongoing dispute over the streamlining of education. The...
Anastasiades to step back into education row (Updated) Education

Anastasiades to step back into education row (Updated)

August 22nd, 2018 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 to abolish a number of benefits, which had led to educators threatening strike measures in September when schools open. Government Spokesman Prodromos Prodromou on Wednesday...
Cypriot teachers should try teaching in the UK Opinion

Cypriot teachers should try teaching in the UK

August 19th, 2018 By Tracy Phillips As a full-time teacher in a state school in London, I find the current teaching dispute in Cyprus difficult to understand. Reading about exemptions from teaching hours for extra curricular activities and up to a six-hour reduction in teaching hours as a reward for length of service is rather baffling, to say the...
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