Education

Children with disabilities are discriminated against because they must take the same common exam as all other students, Ombudswoman Maria Styalianou Lottides said on Tuesday. Lottides published a report after ...

The International School of Paphos is organising a TEDx educational, informative licensed event featuring local voices and TED Talks videos under the theme ‘A Brighter Tomorrow’. “We are motivated to ...

The introduction of English-language undergraduate courses at state universities is proving to be a tricky puzzle to solve, with concerns over admissions criteria and tuition fees while ideological splits are ...

By Andreas Pavlou Leoni Bella Vassiliou, a student at Aradippou High School, recently came first in the world in a poster competition for International World Food Day. In a written ...

Greek language and culture are part of the “innovative” teaching programme of the afternoon school in gymnasiums, Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said Thursday. Speaking at the presentation of the scheme, ...

Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou on Thursday asked for the war in Ukraine to “stay out of schools” saying children who are of Russian descent should not be victimised following recent ...

Pupils and students across the island will come out with their well pressed uniforms and SafePass in pocket on March 25, as school parades make a comeback for the first time ...

A grant agreement for the implementation of an interactive shared cultural heritage education programme for Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot youth was signed on Wednesday by United States Ambassador to ...

There are said to be close to a quarter of a million stray dogs in Cyprus, only a fraction of which are rescued and find homes. Many more die alone ...

Efforts to draw international students to state universities in Cyprus attending English language undergraduate courses received the thumbs up from MPs on Wednesday, but tuition fees and ensuring quality controls ...

Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou on Monday participated in a wheelchair basketball game with students from a Nicosia based high school, as part of efforts to create awareness about people with ...

Secondary school students staged a two-hour boycott of classes on Friday on the instructions of students’ union Psem. Banners reading “Take them back Minister,” referring to the twice-yearly exams, which ...

The Larnaca wing of the University of Cyprus has not been “abandoned”, the education ministry said on Thursday, instead pointing to delays caused by the skyrocketing of the project’s ...

The four-monthly exams in lyceums should be postponed due to ongoing issues in the education sector, according to the confederation of secondary school parents. The confederation cited chronic problems with ...

Secondary school students will stage a two-hour boycott of classes on Friday morning on the instructions of the so-called secretariat of their self-styled union Psem. The boycott of the third ...

Over 3,600 primary and secondary school students competed for the best green-business ideas that would help reduce plastic use and promote environmental sustainability as part of the mindREset programme. Students were ...

The Hellenic culture studies programme of the open university of Cyprus is organising an online lecture on Christianity Under the title “When our world became Christian”, the programme “Studies in ...

The Confucius Institute at the University of Cyprus and the English School recently celebrated the Chinese New Year and welcomed in the Year of the Tiger. As the Year of ...

The ambassador of Italy, Federica Ferrari Bravo, visited the University of Nicosia last week following an invitation by the rector to explore possible areas for collaboration The ambassador met with ...

The University of Nicosia announced its advancement into the Top 180 among “young” universities globally this week. The 2022 edition of the Times Higher Education (THE) Young University Rankings rank the University ...

Commonwealth award finalist promoting music as bicommunal peacebuilding tool A young Cypriot Phd candidate of the Open University of Cyprus who has organised a scheme fostering peace and connection between ...

Even though loans help you get quality higher education, they come with an exorbitant price tag. You’ll have to pay back every dollar with interest. Please note that loan ...

The House education committee will meet urgently on Monday to discuss the results of the newly introduced twice-yearly exams at lyceums amid fury from parents and students over the poor ...

Secondary education teachers’ union Oelmek on Monday reiterated their request for guards in schools, saying they are still expecting police to complete investigations after a parent assaulted a head teacher ...