#schools

The drug problem in the island’s schools has risen to the level of organised crime involving recruitment, trafficking and distribution and the failure to put a stop to it ...

The Pancyprian examinations, which Cypriot high school leavers take to gain access to public universities in Cyprus and Greece, got underway on Friday. In total, exactly 5,119 people are sitting the ...

The new technical gymnasium will open its doors in September, “signalling a new era for education in Cyprus” and providing “real opportunities” to students, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on ...

The ludicrous ‘referendum’, held by the secondary teachers union Oelmek, overwhelmingly rejected the bill that would introduce a new system of evaluation of the work of each teacher. A total ...

Racially motivated crimes are on the rise in Cyprus, the House human rights committee heard on Monday Deputy police chief Ioannis Georgiou told the committee that there were a total ...

The cultivation of historical literacy remains a vital component of citizenship education, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Friday at the Cyprus Paedagogical Institute. “Students who approach history as a ...

Cabinet approved on Thursday an exceptional measure allowing several small schools across Cyprus to remain open from September, despite enrolments falling below the usual threshold. Education Minister Athena Michaelidou made ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar late on Thursday night denied that the subject of a behind-closed-doors meeting he had held with Turkish ambassador Ali Murat Basceri and the north’s ‘...

Teachers walked out of every public school in the north on Wednesday as protests continue against the ruling coalition’s handling of education in light of a retracted attempt to ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Monday night demanded that legal action be taken against teachers who “disturbed our peace” while protesting against the legalisation of the wearing of hijabs ...

The Cyprus Turkish educators’ union (Kibtes)’ chairman Himmet Turgut on Wednesday defended his demand that more religion classes be taught in the north’s schools, while also issuing a wholehearted ...

Bomb threats were sent to more than 300 state and private schools in Cyprus on Tuesday morning, the police confirmed. A police spokesperson confirmed to the Cyprus Mail that the threats ...

Limassol’s school board was on Wednesday questioned over its installation of padel courts at schools by the House education committee. The padel courts are operated by private firms, with ...

Large schools are ‘nests for delinquency’, parents’ association chairman Yiannos Ioannou said on Wednesday, as he called for the size of schools in Cyprus to be reduced. Speaking to the ...

The budget for improving school buildings has more than doubled over the past two years, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Friday  Speaking after an event in Paphos, she said ...

Cctv cameras will be installed at 25 more schools across the country in January, an official with the education ministry confirmed on Tuesday. Speaking to daily Phileleftheros, Elias Markatzis said this ...

Primary teacher’s union (Poed) said it was on board with teacher evaluations as long as these were conducted fairly and offer opportunities for professional growth. The union said on ...

A 16-year-old boy from Paphos is “out of danger” after suffering a laceration to his abdomen while trying to jump over a fence to leave his school on Wednesday, Paphos ...

Member of the European Parliament Fidias Panayiotou on Monday called for a protest at Nicosia’s Eleftheria Square against the government’s ban of mobile phones from schools. He said ...

By Charalambos Charalambous Education serves as the bedrock of any society’s development. To ensure we adequately prepare future generations for the complexities of the modern world, we must rethink ...

Portacabins being used to temporarily house classrooms at Lapithos’ Yavuzlar high school have been placed on a dried-up river bed, Cyprus Turkish secondary education teachers’ union (Ktoeos) chairwoman Selma Eylem ...

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 government on Tuesday announced a support package for schoolchildren worth €9.5 million, ahead of the start of the new school year in September. The package, given the name “Together at ...

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 ...