#air conditioning

Air conditioners are expected to be operational in a significantly larger number of schools by April and May next year, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Friday. Speaking after presenting ...

The president of the Nicosia school board said on Wednesday that the Audit Office’s findings on safety issues with air conditioning units in schools were “somewhat exaggerated”. Nikos Megalemos ...

A clear timetable for the installation and operation of air conditioners in all schools was requested by the House education committee, educational organisations, parent associations and the Pan-Cyprian Student Co-ordinating ...

Secondary school students have been called on to walk out of class on Wednesday in protest over unresolved problems including delayed air conditioning, unsafe infrastructure and heavy exam workloads. The ...

All schools will have air conditioning units installed by 2028, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday. Speaking during a visit to theAyios Dhometios middle school in Nicosia to mark the start ...

Delays in providing schoolbooks and installing air conditioning in classrooms, as well as the fact that hundreds of pupils are attending school in prefabricated buildings, has prompted primary teachers’ union ...

Famagusta district is leading in the rollout of air conditioning in schools, with 65 per cent of its primary schools already fully equipped, while Paphos and Nicosia remain significantly behind. According ...

Most public preschools, high schools, and nearly all middle schools will begin the new school year with air conditioning installed, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Thursday, as the government ...

A 49-year-old man is in critical condition after an air conditioning compressor exploded while he was carrying out repair work in Strovolos. The accident occurred at around 5.30pm on Friday ...

Heating and cooling account for around 70 per cent of household energy consumption in Cyprus, with cooling degree days reaching 610 per cent of the European average, according to a report published ...

The government aims for all public schools to be equipped with air conditioning within a few months, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou insisted on Thursday. Speaking after visiting the 19th Primary ...

Plans to install air conditioning in public schools are facing delays, with electrical contractors warning that technical constraints and grid limitations could prevent systems from operating during the summer, even ...

Students sitting Pancyprian exams will be doing so in air-conditioned classrooms, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday. Speaking before a cabinet meeting, Christodoulides also referred to changes in the education ...

Pupils at the KB primary school in Limassol stayed away from lessons for two periods on Friday morning. The action came after the parents’ association decided to protest against the ...

The Larnaca Federation of Parents’ Associations for Secondary Education is demanding immediate updates on the progress of air conditioner installations and the functioning of heating systems in the district’s ...

The Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) on Thursday dismissed claims of delays in installing air conditioning units in public schools, attributing setbacks to a lack of coordination among those involved ...

New air conditioning units installed in schools months ago cannot be switched on yet due to insufficient electricity and teachers’ union Oelmek hopes that May and June – the final months ...

The second wave of air-conditioning for schools has been approved by the education ministry, as well as the landscaping of two adjoining schools, with a budget of €1.5 million, chairwoman of ...

Final year students at the Laniteio lyceum staged a protest on Tuesday, boycotting the first two lessons of the day to express their dissatisfaction with the classroom conditions due to ...

The Pan-Cyprian Student Co-ordinating Committee (Psem) said on Thursday that the issue of installing air conditioning in schools had become a mockery because the president and others had not fulfilled ...

The progress of installing air conditioning units in public schools was the main focus of a meeting held on Tuesday between Education Minister Athena Michaelidou and the presidents of the ...

The installation of air conditioning units in schools is to begin within the next few days, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Sunday. Speaking at student union Pofen’s annual ...

In the end the teaching unions were vindicated – the biggest problem facing public education is not falling standards, low literacy, poor teaching, anti-social behaviour, but the lack of air-conditioning units ...

This is the first time real planning has gone into the long-standing promise of successive governments to install air conditioning in schools, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Friday. An ...