Bill means returning students won’t have to pay taxes on their stuff
Students returning from abroad after their studies should not have to pay customs for their belongings, MPs said on Tuesday as they discussed a bill to this effect at the ...
Teachers return to school
Monday marked a return to school for teachers, as Education Minister Athena Michaelidou expressed satisfaction over recent upgrades.
The school year starts with the operation of many more all-day schools, ...
Free French classes for Armenian students
The Cabinet has decided to offer free French-language classes to students of Armenian background. These classes will be provided through state-run afternoon institutions.
Education Minister Athena Michaelidou explained that this ...
Parents urged to shop carefully for back-to-school items
The Consumers’ Association is urging parents to shop around for back-to-school items due to the wide variation in prices on the market.
A survey by the association both online and ...
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Serious Greek language gaps in public schools
The vast majority of pupils in public primary schools who speak Greek as a second language have serious language gaps, it emerged on Wednesday.
The results come from the educational ...
Paphos private school reported for false advertising
The ministry of education on Wednesday filed a complaint with the police over illegal advertising by an upcoming new private school in Paphos.
The ministry charged in its complaint that ...
Students congratulated as exam results announced
This year’s Pancyprian Exams were conducted with complete success, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Monday as the results were announced.
A total of 5,351 candidates sat the exams, which ...
Our View: Prioritising air-conditioning over education quality
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 ...
Heatwave peaks at 45C, schools close, final exams still on
A red warning is in place for Friday, from 11am to 5pm, as temperatures are expected to peak at 45C inland and 35 in the mountains.
The met office said early ...
Island Private School offers IB programmes, first in Limassol
The Island Private School of Limassol is excited to announce that our institution has now been officially accredited to offer the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (PYP). This remarkable achievement ...
Education minister promises modern schooling
Schools will see modernised analytical programmes, improved all-day programmes and more emphasis on technical education when they reopen in September, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Monday.
Michaelidou said the ...
Nicosia tourism board to participate in sustainability project
The Nicosia tourism development board (Etap) will play a central role in a ground-breaking initiative aimed at sustainable hospitality education across Europe, the company announced on Monday.
In a press ...
Rizokarpaso students’ education will be supported, says minister
The ministry of education will always stand by children of Rizokarpaso, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said.
The minister’s statement was made in the context of an event held on ...
Our View: The education system has thoroughly failed abuse victims
It was astonishing to hear that a gymnasium student who had been sexually abused by fellow students was still expected to go to the same school as his abusers, a ...
Sexual abuse victim ‘still at same school as abuser’
A high school pupil who was sexually abused by his classmates is still at the same school as his abusers a month and a half after the incident, Dipa MP ...
‘We should ask why there are so many medical schools’
Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar on Thursday made another intervention on the matter of the “fake diploma scandal” which has engulfed the north’s higher education sector.
Speaking on the ...
House to vote on expansion of pre-primary education
Parliament is expected next week to vote on the expansion of free and compulsory pre-primary education to include children aged four years old and above.
The planned vote comes after ...
Tatar calls for higher education chief to resign
Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar on Wednesday called for the north’s higher education accreditation authority (Yodak)’s chairman Turgay Avci to resign.
Scandal has engulfed the north’s higher ...
Michaelidou outlines priorities for next school year
Education Minister Athena Michaelidou on Monday outlined her priorities for the next school year.
She said her ministry aims to create an education system “through which citizens with skills, who ...
North must ‘drain the swamp’ of education sector
Turkish Cypriot opposition party CTP Leader Tufan Erhurman said on Friday the north must “drain the swamp” of its education sector.
Speaking to Bagimsiz Web TV, he said that as ...
North begins investigation into fraudulent college
The north’s higher education standards authority (Yodak) and the Turkish Cypriot police on Thursday launched an investigation into a “higher education institution” which has been linked to a large ...
Cyprus and Pakistan to sign MoU on higher education
The possibility of enhancing cooperation between Cyprus and Pakistan in the field of higher education was discussed during a meeting on Thursday between Education Minister Athena Michaelidou and the High ...
Teachers to strike over minister’s failure to take a ‘clear stance’
Teachers from the education ministry’s support programmes are to go on strike on March 21, their branches at Sek and Peo trade unions, announced on Thursday.
“She [Education Minister Athena ...
‘Absurd costs’ for UCy student dorms
MPs questioned on Wednesday why student dorms commissioned by the University of Cyprus (UCy) cost twice as much as those built by the Limassol archbishopric.
It will also take eight ...