At its meeting today, the Council of Ministers under the President of the Republic Mr. Nicos Anastasiades, approved the revision of the income criteria of the Housing Scheme for Moderately Indigent Persons, implemented by the Cyprus Land Development Agency, based on the income criteria currently in force for the Housing Schemes for Displaced Persons implemented by the Displaced Persons Rehabilitation Service (DPRS) and the income criteria of the Family Land Allocation Scheme, as follows: for single persons the income criterion is set at €25,000, for families without children at €45,000, for families of three persons at €50,000, for families of four persons at €55,000 and for large families of five persons or more at €65,000.
This decision of the Council of Ministers increases the beneficiaries of this Plan.
The Council of Ministers approved the bill concerning the reduction of the age limit for admission to compulsory pre-primary education. The bill aims to extend compulsory pre-primary education by 8 months. This amendment clarifies by name the age groups that will be created as a result of the extension and specifies the phased implementation of the extension. The Minister will also have the power to set criteria for the allocation of children to kindergartens.
The implementation of the reform will be gradual and will be completed in three phases. In the 2023-2024 school year, the age limit for admission to compulsory pre-primary education will be extended by two months, while in the 2024-2025 school year it will be extended by two additional months (four in total). In the school year 2025-2026 the project will be fully implemented by extending the age of admission to compulsory pre-primary education by eight months.
(PM/NG/SX)
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