Cyprus Education

 

 Education

Central Government

The central government is responsible for:

  • Overall legislative and policy competences in the field of education;
  • The administration of education;
  • Enforcing educational laws and providing educational facilities to pupils and students of the primary, secondary, higher and tertiary education levels;
  • The supervision and standardisation of services provided by the private sector up to higher education.
  • The State institutes of Education.
  • The inspection of teachers, educational programming and the staffing of schools.
  • The Advisory Service and orientation education.
  • The promotion and consolidation of research and of research-related infrastructure in the educational system.
  • The integration and exploitation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the educational process and on the development of digital skills for all pupils and teachers. 
  • The Cyprus Pedagogical Institute.

 
Province Level

District authorities are responsible for the administration and coordination of central government policies in the field of education at the district level.
Communities and municipalities have no competencies in the field of education.

 
Local SAA

 
Communities and municipalities have no competencies in the field of education.

Responsible ministries/bodies

Ministry of Education and Culture

Department of Primary Education

Department of Secondary General Education
Department of Secondary Technical and Vocational Education

Cyprus Higher Education


 

Sources

Constitution of the Republic of Cyprus

Ministry of Education and Culture

The Communities Law (Law No. 86(1)) of 1999.
The Municipalities Law (Law No. 111) of 1985.​


 

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