Specifically, the Students First Programme focuses on three pillars, promoting the quality of the School's curriculum and its disciplines, continuous improvement in intellectual care and every aspect of student support, improving the performance and satisfaction of teachers and staff through the implementation of an improved professional development framework and appraisal processes and a robust benefits system based on equity and upgrading the skills of teaching and support staff in line with a long-term recruitment strategy based on the achievement of globally recognised educational practices.
Alongside this, the Students First programme includes improvements across all areas of the School such as a greater emphasis on academic discipline with clearer communication with parents regarding children's progress and contact with a comprehensive programme of work, assessment and support for students, increased consistency across all subjects to ensure that the development of students' skills and knowledge is guaranteed across all areas of the curriculum, which is combined with enhanced extra-curricular activities Especially at a time when it seeks to remain a centre of excellence in our demanding times. Today we are launching an ambitious programme, Students First with a deep commitment to the founding mission of our school to continue to create the leaders of tomorrow."
The reforms, he said, are a collective effort in which all have a way to participate and benefit and thanked the Board of Governors for their trust and support.
It is noted that the Nicosia English School was founded in 1900 by the Reverend Frank Darvall Newham in the form of a trust, a legal status which remains unchanged to this day. The property of the English School was conditionally vested in an established Board of Trustees and codified in Chap. The legal status was clarified in 2007 by a final decision of the Supreme Court which ruled that the English School of Nicosia is part of private education.
Specifically, the Supreme Court confirmed that the School was and will remain a creation of a trust owned by the private sector.
In addition, it is stated, it is very important to emphasize certain special aspects of the School which reinforce the recognized status of the English School, the most important of which are first that 95% of the English School's annual income comes from the tuition of 1.100 plus pupils and the state sponsorship of the Cyprus Government is given because the English School has granted a building to the state for the purpose of housing a secondary school due to an emergency.
Another aspect, it is stated, is that the Board of Governors of the English School has entered into private contracts with each member of staff and therefore teachers' salaries are paid directly by the English School.
Another aspect, it is stated, is that the Board of Governors of the English School has entered into private contracts with each member of staff and therefore teachers' salaries are paid directly by the English School. Finally, it is noted that with the Students First Program underway, the English School is taking the next step in the future of education and intellectual care by remaining student-centered.
Source: CNA
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