Contract teachers to strike next week (Updated)
Contract teachers who work afternoons said they will go on a 24-hour strike next week after Education Minister Costas Hambiaouris said on Friday there is...
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Ministry says mission accomplished after less than half of teaching candidates pass muster
By Evie Andreou Officials on Monday said that despite the fact that only 37.2 per cent of around 5,000 who took the teaching exams passed,...
Parents say 10,000 pupils will be affected if all-day school teachers strike
By Evie Andreou Organised parents of primary pupils on Monday urged the association of teachers of optional all-day schools not to act hastily and risk...
Unions accuse government of reneging on promises to teachers
Trade unions Sek and Peo said they will not sit idle while the employment terms of around 5,000 people who teach the education ministry’s afternoon...
Teachers union says no to midterms
Around two thirds of the 4,500 members of the secondary education teachers’ union Oelmek who took to the ballots on Thursday voted against the introduction of...
Teachers’ unions threaten to strike
Teachers’ unions threatened on Friday to strike unless the House plenum discusses all pending matters concerning the new teacher appointment system and their demand that...
House education committee briefed on exams blunder (Updated)
The cabinet on Wednesday approved the coverage of expenses for candidates seeking state school positions who will travel from abroad next week to take make-up...
Prospective teachers take exams
Over 5,500 prospective educators took exams on Saturday in a bid to secure a job in public schools under a new appointment system. On Saturday,...
Teachers question minister over new appointments
Teachers union Proodeftiki on Tuesday questioned statements made by the education minister that so many people sitting exams starting this weekend to become teachers would...
Turkish Cypriot elected president of parents’ association at Karpas school
For the first time in 42 years, a Turkish Cypriot Çiler Shambi was elected president of the parents’ association at the Rizokarpaso Gymnasium, press reports...
