Parents say twice-yearly exams already costing students uni places
January’s twice-yearly exam grades may have cost final year students their futures, parents said on Tuesday, demanding the education ministry take responsibility for what happened...
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Our View: Pandering to the mob has led to a mockery of public education
If there was a strategic plan by politicians, parties, unions and parents associations to undermine public education and destroy its last remaining shreds of credibility...
Cabinet approves plan for this year’s final high school exams
Cabinet on Wednesday approved the education ministry’s proposed amendments for the student evaluation system for lyceum and technical education, which will be sent to the...
Teaching unions welcome student evaluation changes
MPs will discuss the proposal for the abolition of the twice-yearly exams next week, a move that satisfied the demands of teachers, parents and students...
Ministry outlines how students to be assessed this school year
Students sitting exams at the end of the school year will be questioned on 60 per cent of the material taught in public schools, a...
Twice-yearly exams proposal ready within the week, education minister says
The education ministry’s proposal for an alternative to twice-yearly exams will be ready within the week after it is examined by the legal service, Education...
Teaching union presents alternative to twice-yearly exams
Secondary teacher union Oelmek and the secondary parents’ association on Monday repeated their request for twice-yearly examinations to be scrapped, in a letter addressed to...
Our View: Government can’t always let itself be swayed by popular demands
During a visit to a primary school on Thursday, President Nikos Christodoulides was asked about the twice-yearly exams, which parents, students, teaching unions and Akel...
Government proposals on twice-yearly exams due in three weeks
The government will submit proposals in two to three weeks for an upgraded student evaluation system Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Friday, following a...
Christodoulides: Twice-yearly exams have failed
President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday that twice-yearly exams at schools have failed, and legal reforms need to be made to abolish them. Speaking after...
