By a Staff Reporter
STATE schoolteachers in Cyprus are among the best paid in Europe, according to figures released by Eurostat.
The figures show that based on Cyprus’ GNP per capita, Cypriot teachers are the third highest in a list of EU and candidate countries.
The starting salary for teachers in Cyprus is currently £911 per month. Head Masters can receive a monthly salary of up to £2,350 in primary schools and as much as £2,449 per month in secondary schools. The above salaries compare well with those received in Greece — where teachers start on £473 per month — but not as favourably as those received in Luxembourg, where salaries start at £1,592, rising to £3,292 a month for the more experienced teacher.
Cyprus also ranks highly in the list of countries where private education institutions are most popular.
According to a study by Constantinos Therianos, private education institutions are abundant in Greece, Cyprus, Italy, Spain and Portugal.
His study, recently published in a Greek newspaper, concludes that private institutions flourish in the above countries due to the very high competition for university places.
Therianos also maintains that in countries like Greece and Cyprus, the belief remains that education, and more specifically higher education, is the key to financial security, therefore persuading many parents and students to invest in extra lessons at private institutions.
The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.
