Cypriot students protest against teachers

PUPILS from 25 secondary schools islandwide yesterday refused to enter their classrooms in protest over their teachers’ adoption of a “work to rule”.

It is estimated that one in four secondary schools were paralysed yesterday after teachers’ union, OELMEK pushed forward with its decision to abstain from any extracurricular activity, as a response to what they felt was a lack of appreciation for their profession by the state and society. 

Students were livid at their teachers’ actions. Many students felt that the teachers were holding their future to ransom for their own financial gains.

Cyprus Mail