Paphos’ visions of becoming a magnet for higher education are realised as the American University of Beirut (AUB) is to launch its Cyprus campus there in a show of confidence. The AUB
State schoolteachers have a unique way of educating our children, and we have entrusted them with this task for decades. They choose the best of times to give the worst example of
Business administration and law are the most popular studies among university students in Cyprus, according to the Statistical Service (Cystat). These two studies are preferred by over a third of male students
The leak by a foolish teacher of the exam headings for the third-year Lyceum students could not have come at a worse time, with too much fuss made by almost every presidential
Stakeholders in the school system should apologise to students over the shambles caused after an exam was interrupted following suspicions of a leak, said secondary education teachers’ union OELMEK. Final year high
President Nicos Anastasiades has referred the contentious sex education bill back to parliament, deeming it unconstitutional. Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou had argued that the government found the bill unconstitutional as introducing a
Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said his ministry has a positive stance on introducing sex education in schools after criticism from MPs to his initial statements that it would “complicate” the curriculum. On
What should have been a smooth parliamentary process this week to approve the annual budget of the Cyprus State Scholarships Foundation rekindled an old argument about what defines academic excellence and who
I have been contemplating why the Education Ministry had kept its reaction to the alleged classroom pervert molesting his students on the undercooked side. It also seemed to avoid a public backlash
The University of Cyprus Rector Tasos Christofides was re-elected this week, unopposed, to a second four-year term and laid his next priority to elevate the state institution to an international level. This
