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
Cypriot teachers are paid less than most of their colleagues in Europe, with the average pay cheque for an educator lower than the average salary in 36 countries. According to data compiled
Educators are concerned over the alarming rise of bullying at schools, asking authorities to step up efforts like extending security to secondary education. Secondary education teachers’ union OELMEK has asked the Education
Nicosia’s prestigious English School staff have threatened industrial action over the dismissal of three unionised teachers, with authorities worried as the new academic year is approaching. Following a protest outside the parliament
The Health Ministry’s COVID-19 ‘test to stay’ school testing policy will be extended to include teaching staff at schools in the public and private sectors next Monday, 14 March. A ministry announcement
School teachers threaten strike action after the government changed its compulsory quarantine rules for close contacts of covid cases at schools, favouring daily tests for five consecutive days. From Monday until February
Primary and secondary schools reopened Monday with hundreds of children and teaching staff absent due to either contracting COVID-19 or being reported as a close contact. School students and teachers returned to
Health authorities are looking into whether the management of a Limassol school is to blame for a large cluster of COVID-19 cases, which has 100 students and teachers self-isolating after a trip
Secondary school teachers oppose the Health Ministry’s plan to have unvaccinated teachers and students tested twice a week for COVID-19 when the new academic year starts in September. Unions OELMEK and OELTEK,
Following the government’s decision that gymnasium and lyceum students must carry a negative COVID-19 rapid test to be allowed back into class, the Health Ministry will send mobile testing units to schools.
