|
|
|
Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 10-06-24
CONTENTS
[01] EU EDUCATION COMMISSIONER - CYPRUS VISIT
[02] PRESIDENT - UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS
[01] EU EDUCATION COMMISSIONER - CYPRUS VISIT
European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth
Androulla Vassiliou begins an official visit to Cyprus on Thursday,
during which she will hold meetings and will speak at various events.
According to the programme for the visit, on Thursday Vassiliou will
deliver a speech on ``Skills and knowledge for the recovery from
crisis`` at the presentation at the Innovative Education Forum, and
will also address graduates at the graduation ceremony of the European
University of Cyprus. She will be handed the Special Honorary Award.
On June 25 Vassiliou will attend a bicommunal event organised by the
Slovak embassy in Cyprus titled ``Role of Education towards a reunified
Cyprus`` and will deliver a speech on ``The social role of Higher
Education`` at the Master`s graduation ceremony of the University of
Cyprus. Furthermore, on June 26 Vassiliou will deliver a speech on
``Internationalisation of Higher Education: Realities and
perspectives`` and will take part in a panel discussion with Minister
of Education and Culture Andreas Demetriou and President of the
Education Committee of the House of Representatives Nicos Tornaritis,
at the European University of Cyprus, organised by the Association for
Social Reform (OPEK).
On June 28, the Commissioner will hold separate meetings with Minister
of Communications and Works Erato Kozakou Markoullis and Director of
the national agency for the management of European programmes on
lifelong learning Androulla Papanastasiou.
[02] PRESIDENT - UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS
President of the Republic of Cyprus, Demetris Christofias, has said the
government aims to turn Cyprus into a quality regional educational
centre which will attract academics, researchers and students from
overseas. Speaking during the graduation ceremony at the University of
Cyprus, President Christofias added that to achieve this goal, Cyprus
has acceded to and is implementing, to a great extent, the provisions
of the Bologna process by preparing legislation to bring all quality
institutions under one unified forum to secure the quality of tertiary
education.
Pointing out the contribution of the University of Cyprus, President
Christofias referred to the objectives to upgrade tertiary education.
To this end, he said, the government is implementing its commitment to
establish a Medical School which will accept its first students in
2013. At the same time, the Cabinet, he added, has given the go ahead
for the construction of the University of Cyprus Library.
He also said the government and the Ministry of Education are gradually
proceeding with the implementation of the commitment to establish new
schools and departments at local universities, adding that plans for a
Fine Arts School are progressing. The Cyprus Open University is also
planning to include in the academic year 2011-2012 a pre-university
department as well as four postgraduate departments, among them an
Environmental Studies Department.
|
