Pancyprian exams ‘the beginning for children’, minister says

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou on Monday stressed that the Pancyprian examinations are not “the end” for children taking them, but a new beginning, as she visited a high school in Nicosia to mark the beginning of exam season.

“We’re simply conveying the message that this isn’t the end — it’s the beginning for the children,” she said, before adding that “there are so many options; it’s just one step in their future lives, in their future journey”....