Education

After 30 years of participation, Cyprus won two bronze medals for the first time at the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI). The winners were Charalambos Georgiou who is an army conscript ...

by Michelle Forsythe and Julie Jackson Most people think of the children’s classic Charlotte’s Web as a story of devoted friendship between a spider and a pig. But ...

The University of Nicosia (UNic) has been ranked among the top 251 to 300 young universities globally and among the top 110 in Europe, advancing the quality of higher education in the island. ...

University of Nicosia, the first university in the world to offer a degree in blockchain and digital currency, has announced that the previously online master’s course is also now ...

Schools across the island will become more digitally advanced, Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said on Tuesday announcing that a tender has already been launched to upgrade the technological capabilities of ...

Education minister Prodromos Prodromou on Monday said that the Pancyprian examination results were not as bad as had been expected, with results for core subjects for the 7,155 candidates just grazing ...

One of the largest educational robots in the world, Astro 1, is on display in Nicosia until July 5, Strovolos municipality announced on Monday. Visitors can find it at the Stavrou street ...

The family of a teenage girl of African origin said on Monday they would file a written complaint to the education ministry over what they have said was discrimination, after ...

Afternoon teachers in state schools will not give up until their demands are met, trade union Sek said during another protest by striking teachers on Wednesday morning. Teachers working in ...

Students’ happiness is a top priority at the new Larnaca-based American University, its president says A new private university in Larnaca is challenging traditional teaching methods, saying it wants to ...

Cyprus will boost French language teaching at its secondary schools and is also looking at introducing the French language exams Delf Scolaire, Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou told France’s ambassador ...

While acknowledging the education ministry’s efforts to make alternative arrangements, Child Commissioner Despo Michaelidou Livaniou on Monday expressed concern that the planned closure of the Phaneromeni primary and lower ...

In most cases, you’ll find students writing essays at the end of their course. Essay writing helps instructors or lecturers gauge how deep students have understood the course. Therefore, ...

Parents of pupils at Vergina high school in Larnaca held a protest on Thursday after an armed gang of teenagers from another school entered the school premises the previous day. “...

There are deficiencies in informing state sport school applicants about entrance criteria, Child Commissioner Despo Michaelidou-Livanou said in a report made public on Monday. The commissioner said she had looked ...

The KIOS Research and Innovation Centre of Excellence (KIOS CoE) announces five Master-level scholarships for the MSc programme in Intelligent Critical Infrastructure Systems. The programme is offered by the department ...

A group of pupils from Cyprus won fifth place in this year’s European Statistics Competition (ESC), it was announced on Tuesday. English School pupils Ara Mahdessian, Danae Eliade and ...

A steadily growing pipeline of cash for U.S. colleges and universities from international students was abruptly cut off with the pandemic, and higher education institutions are now looking to ...

On Thursday, May 20, the ministry of foreign affairs of Cyprus, in cooperation with Cyprus Seeds, organised an event on Cyprus Economic Diplomacy supporting Innovation at the botanical garden of the ...

The Cyprus Institute and the French Institute have renewed their collaboration on issues of common interest, related to education and research. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signing ceremony took place ...

Ancient artefacts discovered at Heritage school Heritage Private School in Limassol is hosting an archaeological exhibition with artefacts found at its premises and accompanied by students’ handmade replicas, as part ...

Teachers and unions on Tuesday reaffirmed their support for afternoon state school teachers asking to be given contracts, stressing they are ready to continue their indefinite strike until their request ...

Affect and the Rise of Right-Wing Populism: Pedagogies for the Renewal of Democratic Education, the new book published by Michalinos Zembylas, Professor of Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies at the ...

What opportunities are offered for quality and recognised distance learning in the personal space and in the free time of those interested, with a flexible pace of learning, and what ...