Confusion with student abstention - PSEM insists, "no" say parents

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The Pancyprian Confederation of Parents 'and Guardians' Associations of Public Schools has suspended the measures announced for today, calling on high school and technical school students to abstain from their classes for two hours, and calls on their students to attend classes. their.

According to a statement from the Confederation, the organized parents, having full awareness of the responsibility that weighs on them, have no choice but to suspend the measures. As it is mentioned, the measures announced for today are suspended and the students are called to stay in their classes and lessons.

The parents' previous announcement called on the children to abstain from their classes for two hours, but to stay in their schools, because the purpose was the substantive protest, and not the loss of further valuable teaching time.

The Pancyprian Confederation, in its announcement, states that it continues to consider it necessary to postpone the voting of the provision for examinations every four months for a reasonable period of time, in order to give time to the dialogue that will allow the correct implementation of the proposal. Parliament to give the necessary time for everyone together with sobriety to do the best for a better future for the children and the Public School.

In statements this morning on RIK radio, the president of the Parents' Association said that the organized parents believe that the students should not leave the schools after the fourth period. However, they insist that the Minister of Education should postpone for three months the discussion and the vote in the Parliament of the provision for examinations every four months.

For his part, the president of PSEM, Zafeiris Dimitriou, stated that the abstention of students will take place, as the goal is to show one day before the vote in the House of Regulations that the student movement is strong and united. However, he did not specify whether the students will be absent for only two teaching hours (third and fourth) or whether they will leave the schools after the fourth term.

Source: KYPE