Changes set to be made to twice-yearly exams
President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday conceded that changes must be made to the twice-yearly exam programme as it has failed in achieving its stated goals....
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Teaching unions hope minister will solve dispute over twice-yearly exams
Teaching unions Oelmek and Oltek said on Saturday that they expect Education Minister Athena Michaelidou to meet with them and find a solution to twice-yearly...
Akel demands abolition of all twice-yearly exams
Left-wing party Akel sent a letter demanding the abolition of the twice-yearly exams in schools to the newly elected president Nikos Christodoulides on Monday. Following...
Education minister rejects call to invalidate exam results
Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou on Wednesday refused parents’ request to invalidate what they called the ‘tragic’ results of the twice-yearly exams, saying the average score...
Parents call for exams to be invalidated after ‘tragic’ results (updated)
The Pancyprian Federation of Parents’ Associations on Tuesday asked for the results of the first cycle of the twice-yearly exams held in January to be...
Students who walked out of Greek exam to have another chance
Over 250 final year high school students who left without taking the Modern Greek exam on Monday after it was interrupted when the topics were...
Outrage as modern Greek exam halted after topics leaked (Updated)
The education ministry should apologise to students, secondary education teachers’ union Oelmek said on Monday, following the confusion caused after an exam was interrupted because...
Students protest over twice-yearly exams
Students in secondary education along with their parents protested outside the Paphos education ministry’s office on Friday, over the ongoing spat on twice-yearly exams. “There’s...
Education minister defends twice yearly exams, says criticisms are not justified
Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said on Monday he is troubled that parents and teachers are still complaining about how children are being evaluated, as he...
MPs ponder reform of twice-yearly exams in schools
The embattled twice-yearly exams programme came in for further criticism on Monday, as Akel reiterated its call for them to be scrapped and MPs discussed...
