Parents protest planned removal of classroom at Tremithousa Primary School

Paphos, Cyprus. Parents of pupils at Tremithousa Primary School are holding a protest over plans to remove one of the school’s prefabricated classrooms used for teaching.

The school operates entirely from prefabricated classrooms, and parents say the planned removal would further reduce its services.

Protest and possible road closure

Organised parents and other community representatives are protesting outside the school. They are also considering a possible closure of the Paphos-Polis Chrysochous road at the Tremithousa-Mesogi traffic lights.

Community concern in the northern outskirts of Paphos municipality began in recent days after the Education Ministry informed parents, according to their account, that one of the school’s six prefabricated classrooms would be removed to address urgent needs at another school.

Parents seek upgrade of facilities

Parents said that, rather than considering upgrades to the school’s facilities, authorities were proceeding with further reductions. They said they were told that one of the remaining prefabricated classrooms would be modified to accommodate more pupils.

Chrysanthos Savvides, chair of parliament’s Education Committee, told Phileleftheros that he had received angry reactions from parents and community representatives in Tremithousa during the past three days.

He said the complaints were justified, noting that Tremithousa Primary School consists only of prefabricated classrooms. Removing one of them would further downgrade the school, he said, calling on the authorities to reconsider the decision.