#Athena Michaelidou

Education, teachers and skills are not only a tool to be exploited by the labour market, but are “at the core of the European response to the challenges of the ...

Plans to introduce social worker services in selected pilot schools in 2026 were announced by Education Minister Athena Michaelidou on Monday as part of efforts to tackle school violence and delinquency ...

Teachers, their support, empowerment and evaluation will be at the centre of this week’s informal council of education ministers of EU member states, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on ...

Teacher evaluation reform and the rollout of air conditioning in public schools will dominate the education ministry’s agenda in the coming year, following approval of key legislation. The implementation ...

Schools cannot work with “regulations from the 1970s”, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Wednesday after the House education committee discussed the government’s planned reforms to the ways in ...

Multilingualism remains a key pillar of our education policy, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Thursday, expressing the ministry’s full support for the newly introduced annual German Language Weeks. ...

Cyprus supports Armenia’s path towards closer alignment with the European Union, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Wednesday evening. Speaking at the Armenian Embassy during celebrations for Armenia’s ...

The new teacher evaluation plan is designed to support, not punish, teachers, said Education Minister Athena Michaelidou on Monday. She said the bill proposes a flexible system with modern regulations ...

The new public and community kindergarten and nursery school of Ayia Napa opened its doors on Monday, marking a step in the government’s effort to strengthen preschool education across ...

Delinquency “starts in the family”, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Tuesday. Speaking at the opening of a new sports hall at a school in Paphos, she said that “not ...

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 ...

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 ...

The need for a general upgrade of the schooling system in Cyprus was outlined by Education Minister Athena Michaelidou on Monday. The results from the Pancyprian exams, sat by school ...

The Cyprus Association of Occupational Therapists said on Tuesday it had been asked to submit a proposal for the integration of occupational therapy in public schools, as part of reforms, ...

The north’s ‘education minister’ Nazim Cavusoglu on Wednesday night reacted with fury to the Republic’s Education Minister Athena Michaelidou’s praise of Eoka, the paramilitary group formed with ...

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou promised a more inclusive school, saying that a bill would be prepared this year to improve the special education offered by the state. Speaking after a ...

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou on Friday said the ministry was open to discussing the “minor” issues raised by teachers regarding the ministry’s proposal for a sweeping reform of teacher ...

An overwhelming majority of 5286 votes, or 91.85 per cent, of members of Oelmek, the secondary school teaching union, voted against the government’s new teacher evaluation plan on Thursday. After the ...

Is there any country in the world apart from Cyprus in which employees do not allow their employer to assess their job performance? And is there any country in the ...

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou will travel to Brussels on Sunday, in the context of preparations for the upcoming Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the first ...

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou on Sunday called for “intensified” efforts to resolve the Cyprus problem. “Given the ongoing illegal Turkish occupation of our homeland for over 50 years, we must intensify ...

There is no proper record of bullying incidents from previous years, as things were “less formal” and cases were “concealed” for fear of giving schools a bad name, Education Minister ...