The Minister of Education, Sport and Youth, Mr. Athina Michaelidou held separate meetings today at the Ministry with the leadership of the Cyprus Confederation of Public and Community Kindergarten Parents' Associations and the leadership of the Cyprus Confederation of Primary Education Parents' Associations.
During the meeting with the President and members of the Pancyprian Confederation of Primary Education Parents' Associations, the Minister had the opportunity to discuss various issues raised, including inclusive education, violence and delinquency in schools, the integration of children with an immigrant biography into our education system, the responsibilities of School Boards and the expansion of the institution of Unified and Optional Full Day Schools.
This was followed by a meeting with the Pancyprian Confederation of Parents' Associations of Public and Community Kindergartens, where issues of concern to parents were discussed and an initial exchange of views took place. Among the issues discussed were the conversion of community kindergartens into public kindergartens, the issue of school assistants, infrastructure upgrading, summer schools, safety and health of pre-school children, inclusive education, as well as the issue of extending compulsory pre-primary education from the age of four.
Michailidou told the representatives of organised parents that parents are considered one of the most important partners of the Ministry. Therefore, she added, we look forward to continuous cooperation with them to achieve our common goals, which are none other than the multifaceted cultivation and early empowerment of children from an early age.
The meeting was also attended, from the Ministry's side, by the Director General Mr. Neofytos Papadopoulos and the Director of Primary Education Mr. Marios Stylianides.
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