Education

The Makridakis Open Forecasting Center (MOFC) at the University of Nicosia’s Institute for the Future (IFF) announces the successful conclusion of both the M6 Financial Forecasting Competition and the “...

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Tuesday plans are underway to boost the profile of Cyprus’ higher education. Speaking following an interministerial meeting aimed at developing the field, she said ...

The University of Cyprus is set to host the 14th annual session of Harvard University’s Institute for World Literature (IWL) from July 8 to August 1, 2024. The collaborative event will bring ...

The government has expanded free pre-primary education from the age of four years and eight months to four years and six months with the aim of eventually bringing it down ...

Teachers should have the right support from the government to streamline any changes that can improve the education sector, head of the primary school teachers’ union Poed, Myria Vasiliou, said ...

Cypriot students attending universities both abroad and at home will receive greater financial backing from the government to the tune of €4 million, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said on Wednesday. Speaking ...

National investment promotion agency Invest Cyprus on Monday released a statement reaffirming its commitment to cross-border education by fostering collaborations between tertiary education institutions in the United Kingdom and Cyprus. ...

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou has called an emergency meeting on Wednesday with authorities dealing with delinquency in schools, following the arrest of a group of teens that set fire to ...

By Hanna Yerega The EMERGE project, implemented by CARDET and Koumanto stin Tsepi sou, proudly announces the official release of a comprehensive online educational programme to enhance citizen participation in ...

One in four students in Cyprus is a victim of school bullying, it emerged from a House education committee meeting on Wednesday. According to an education ministry spokesperson, the police ...

The Cyprus Agriculture Payments Organisation (Capo) has officially completed payments totalling €748,567 for the programme bringing fruit, vegetables, and milk into schools for the academic year 2022-2023. Capo said on Tuesday ...

Welcome aboard this exciting journey where hitting the books meets hitting the road! Picture this: one day, you’re soaking up history in the canals of Venice, and the next, ...

More than 70 US lawmakers on Friday demanded the governing boards of three of the country’s top universities remove their presidents, citing dissatisfaction with their testimony at a hearing about ...

A report which showed Cypriot children to have well below average competencies in mathematics, science and reading “highlights the urgent need for educational reform”, the Nicosia federation of primary schoolchildren’...

Cypriot children displayed below average competencies in the 2022 report of the Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa). Pisa surveys 15-year-old children in mathematics, reading and science, and grades them based ...

Youth unemployment has reached large proportions and threatens social cohesion and the future of the country, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Tuesday. Her greeting was read out by secondary ...

Primary school children in Parekklisia engaged in a two-hour strike on Tuesday over inadequate facilities at the school. The strike was organised by the school’s parents’ association, with pupils ...

The Department of Engineering at the University of Nicosia (UNIC), in collaboration with Shell PLC, held the NXplorers Pro Workshop for a group of highly-motivated engineering students on November 17, 2023. The ...

Cyprus’ tertiary education’s rapid growth has caught the attention of international university ranking organisations, which evaluate, compare and rank the world’s top universities. Prospective students from around the ...

Turkish Cypriot teachers gathered in front of northern Nicosia’s district court on Friday morning to protest against the criminal cases opened against 22 of their colleagues. Charges of “battering the ...

The legal framework governing board member selection for semi-state organisations will also apply in the case of the English School, it was announced on Wednesday. The decision comes after a ...

Around half of schoolkids in Cyprus have tried alcohol at least once, according to an HBSC survey on health behaviour in school-age children, with officials saying the data is alarming. ...

By Andri Agathokleous Socio-emotional learning and wellbeing in early childhood education are attracting growing attention, as researchers continuously emphasise their drastic benefits for children at the start of, and across, ...

Scores of students from various schools gathered on Friday morning outside Paphos Technical School to protest the expulsion of six students for “delinquent behaviour” earlier in the week. The school’...