Education

After being closed for ten years, the forestry college on Monday reopened its doors as a higher education institution offering a diploma in forestry “The reopening of the college, after ...

About 21,000 children up to the age of four will have their preschool fees and lunches paid by the state for the 2025–2026 school year, the finance ministry announced on Monday. The ...

For thousands of students arriving in Cyprus, mastering Greek is about more than just learning a language. It’s about belonging. Since 1998, the School of Modern Greek at the University ...

President Nikos Christodoulides visited the Paralimni gymnasium on Monday for “national reasons” and announced upgrades to the school worth €5.5 million as well as a new sports school in the region ...

Primary schools reopened on Monday, marking the end of the summer holidays and the beginning of the new school year, with over 50,000 children enrolled at primary schools across the island ...

More than €147 million will be spent on the island’s public schools this year on expansions, upgrades and renovations, Education Minster Athena Michaelidou said on Sunday. “The new school year ...

The Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak) is set to welcome 800 new undergraduate and another 200 postgraduate students at both master’s and doctorate levels in the upcoming academic year, with four ...

Friday marked the start of the 2025-2026 school year for senior school students in Cyprus, and the education ministry pledged the education system would undergo significant changes. The reforms are ...

The government has approved the programmes of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, making it the first Greek university branch to operate in Cyprus. “This marks the foundation of ...

Students studying at public universities in Cyprus face acute problems in finding housing close to their faculty, the House education committee warned in a meeting on Wednesday. “There are excellent ...

Parents of more than 6,000 pupils in Western Limassol municipality have threatened to keep their children home from school on Friday unless the local school authority resolves ongoing staffing and administrative ...

The education ministry is “ready for the new school year”, ahead of which the cabinet decided on Wednesday to improve benefits for pregnant teachers, whether full-time or replacements. “We continue ...

School supplies have been donated to Greek Cypriot and Maronite children who attend schools in the north, the Pancyprian volunteerism coordinating council said on Friday. It said the supplies had ...

The House education committee will reopen discussion on the government’s new evaluation bill on September 3, deputy chairman of the committee, Chrysanthos Savvides said on Tuesday. Speaking on CyBc radio, ...

Cyprus was third among EU member states for the number of tertiary students from abroad with almost one in four in the country’s universities being an international student, Eurostat ...

Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos questioned the validity of online university courses on Thursday, saying that people were buying degrees by the thousands in Africa without actually having attended the courses. ...

Over 15,000 teachers have been employed and are ready to return to public schools with the start of the new academic year in September, the education ministry said on Friday. According ...

Campaigns to collect new and used school supplies have begun, organised by the Nicosia, Paphos and Akamas municipalities. The campaigns, announced on Thursday, act as a response to the rising ...

Parents preparing their children for the new school year are being urged to plan ahead, shop around and compare prices, after a survey by the Cyprus Consumers Association revealed striking ...

Public schools are changing “to give every child the strength to move forward,” Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Tuesday as she announced a series of reforms coinciding with the ...

Children at schools across Cyprus will receive lessons on fire safety from retired firefighters during the forthcoming academic year, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Tuesday. Speaking after a meeting ...

The education ministry envisions an experiential and creative school in which students actively participate and grow into members of society with morals and dignity, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on ...

From August 2-7, 2025, Cyprus’ school team, representing The Grammar School, Limassol, competed at the FIDE World Schools Team Chess Championship, hosted at Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Virginia. Among 55 teams ...

Student accommodation prices have reached record levels, with single rooms costing around €350 per month, while beds in dormitories remain scarce, the Cyprus Federation of Student Unions (Pofen) has said. Speaking ...