Education minister pledges reforms to support teachers and improve learning opportunities

Nicosia, Cyprus. Education Minister Athena Michaelidou pledged on Monday to advance reforms that support teachers and improve learning opportunities for children. In a Facebook post marking World Teachers’ Day, she described teachers as the “backbone” of education.

Support for teachers and children

Michaelidou said the government’s efforts were continuing “with dialogue and specific decisions that support the school and its people”.

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“The future of our country is formed in classrooms,” she said, thanking the teaching community, from nursery schools to universities, for helping the younger generation grow.

The minister said the government recognised that the quality of education was linked to support for teachers. Teachers “should have more resources and every child should have better opportunities for learning and development”, she said, adding that this was the direction of the government’s reforms.

Call for participation in modernisation

Michaelidou also acknowledged the demands and challenges facing teachers and called on them to support the joint effort.

“Public education needs to transform our collective responsibility into active participation in efforts for its modernisation,” she said.

She added that “education changes through its people” and that the collective obligation was to “empower every educator to enhance the prospects for every child”.