#education

Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou on Tuesday praised the 2021-2022 academic year as having been a success despite a series of setbacks and challenges while emphasising that further improvements are on ...

The first students from the Kingdom of Bahrain are expected to arrive in September to the postgraduate school of the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics (CING). According to a ...

China and Cyprus have agreed to closer ties in the fields of higher education and science, as the government seeks to promote the island as an international educational and scientific ...

Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou on Monday accused main opposition party Akel of obstructing the government as it tries to reform education. “Ever since Akel has been a minority in parliament, ...

The education ministry must work on forming a more cohesive legal framework for private dance and music schools, the House education committee agreed on Wednesday while discussing a variety of ...

By Achilleas Demetriades The new generation is facing huge changes, at home and abroad. In an ever-changing world, it becomes more imperative to answer the following questions: Is education at ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday lauded the formalising of an agreement establishing an American University of Beirut (AUB) campus in Paphos during a special ceremony. Speaking before the university’s ...

UClan Cyprus and the University of Balamand will jointly open a medical school in Larnaca district. The two academic institutions signed a letter of intent on Thursday, Larnaca Mayor Andreas ...

Parents and pupils associations will take their united stance against quarterly exams to the presidential palace next month after accusing the education ministry of turning a blind eye to practical ...

Cyprus will on Friday celebrate Greek Independence Day with schoolchildren taking part in parades in all towns. March 25, which also is a public holiday in Cyprus, commemorates the start of ...

The education ministry on Wednesday unveiled a national fitness assessment programme for secondary school children (Aristotelis) as part of concerted efforts with the health ministry to combat child obesity. Education ...

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 ...

One of the main reasons for failing public education is excessive power wielded by the teaching unions. This union power has created a public school system that primarily exists to ...

The results of the twice yearly exams in high schools, which were similar to previous years, contradict reports they were a debacle, Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said on Saturday during ...

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 ...

Primary and nursery schoolteachers will stage a one-hour work stoppage on Monday to protest the way the pandemic is being handled at schools, teachers’ union Poed said on Thursday. As ...

The European Commission on Thursday announced the launch of a scholarship programme for the Turkish Cypriot community for 2022/23 funded under its Aid Programme. Grants will be awarded to approximately 140 Turkish ...

Five European University Cyprus academics have been included in the Top 2 per cent of global sciences citation list. Citation metrics are widely acknowledged as significant recognition indicators of the impact ...

The new Japan Book Corner at the UNIC library is expanding the cooperation between the local university and the embassy of Japan in Cyprus. The Japan Book Corner, inaugurated at ...

A free online international conference on how to overcome LGBTQI-phobia in tertiary education will take place in English this Thursday. The event will be the final conference of the European ...

A Limassol branch of the French Cypriot School (Ecole Franco-Chypriote) is expected to be up and running in September next year, Education Prodromos Prodromou said on Wednesday. The minister, during ...

Biology teachers staged a two-hour work stoppage on Tuesday morning to demand the introduction of labs in the currently theoretical biology courses taught at public secondary and high schools. The ...

The government on Friday decided to place guards at some schools after hours and increase police patrols in the wake of a bombing and an arson at two primary schools ...

Efforts to bridge the gap between businesses and the academic community have been successful, the Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak) said on Wednesday. According to university data, a total of 88 ...