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EU Ministers discuss COVID-19 challenges on education during informal teleconference

LoveCyprus — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 06:12:26 +0000

EU Education Ministers discussed the most important challenges that education and training systems have to manage, as a consequence of the coronavirus epidemic.

According to o PIO announcement, Cypriot Minister of Education, Culture, Sports and Youth, Prodromos Prodromou, participated on Tuesday in the second informal teleconference of the Ministers of Education of the European Union (EU), convened by the Croatian Presidency.

The teleconference was chaired by the Minister of Science and Education of Croatia, Blazenka Divjak, with the participation of Ministers of the EU, Switzerland, Norway and Iceland, and the Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, Mariya Gabriel.

Prodromou briefed his counterparts on the satisfactory, so far, implementation of distance education, in all grades of compulsory education and in Higher Secondary Education.

The Ministers were asked to take a position on the use of European funding under the Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative, to further strengthen the education and training sector. The Cypriot Minister noted that he was in consultation with the competent authority in Cyprus, with the aim of re-evaluating the proposals to serve the needs created by this unprecedented situation.

He mentioned the priority areas that concern the support of students, the technological upgrade of schools, as well as the review of the curriculum with aiming at further emphasis on digital education and training.

Concluding his statement, Prodromou called on his counterparts to focus together on the next day:
“When the measures expire and we return to normalcy, we should all work together, make the most of the experience gained and organize with consistency and coherence our future steps “, he said.

Source: CNA

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Cyprus public expenditure on education at 6.1% of GDP in 2017, official data show

LoveCyprus — Tue, 31 Mar 2020 05:51:13 +0000

Public expenditure in all levels of education, amounted to €1,227.6 million, in 2017, and accounted for 16.6% of the government budget and 6.1% of the Gross Domestic Product, data released by the Cyprus Statistical Service, on Monday, show.

In particular, based on the results of the Annual Survey on Education for the school year 2017/2018, the total number of pupils and students at all educational levels was 191,787 recording an increase of 1.8% compared, to the school year 2016/2017 where the total number of pupils and students was 188,311.

The total number of educational establishments also increased to 1,338 in the school year 2017/2018, compared to 1,333 in the previous school year.

During 2017/2018 the total number of teachers, amounted to 14,982 compared to 14,950 of the previous school-year, also recording an increase of 0.2%.

In pre-school and pre-primary education, for the school year 2017/2018, 745 kindergartens and day nursery schools operated, with 32,522 children enrolled.

In primary education 362 schools operated, attended by 56,699 pupils.

In secondary education 54,966 pupils enrolled in 165 schools.

In tertiary education, 55 educational institutions operated with a total number of 47,169 students.

According to the annual survey on education, 11 special schools operated with 431 pupils.

Public expenditure in all levels of education, amounted to €1,227.6 million, in 2017, and accounted for 16.6% of the government budget and 6.1% of the Gross Domestic Product.

The cost per student for public education, in 2017 measured, in terms of current expenditure, was €5,025 for pre-school and pre-primary, €6,137 for primary, €10,093 for secondary general, €12,828 for secondary technical and €10,328 for tertiary education.

Source: CNA

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