The objective of the reform is to address the skills mismatch between the labour market and the secondary and higher education. The reforms consists of the following:
(a) A report on the preliminary results of “Graduate Tracking of Cyprus Higher Education” has been finalised and uploaded in the website of the Department of Higher Education of the Ministry of Education, Sport and Youth: https://skilltracking.highereducation.ac.cy/reports/
(b) Reform of 40 educational curricula in secondary education for the subjects of Biology, Geography, Mathematics, Computer Science, Design and Technology, Physics and Chemistry. The reform of the curricula has been completed.
(c) Development of two new programmes of study:
(i) A new programme of study in Secondary Technical and Vocational Education, with two directions of study namely “Design and Constructions” and “Engineering”, was approved by the Council of Ministers on 12/02/2025 and has been implemented as of school year 2025/2026.
(ii) A new programme of study in the Secondary General Education, namely Direction 5B which concerns a new direction of study within the existing stream of “Commerce & Other Services”, that will be more associated with the labour market needs. The new programme will initiate at A Lyceum (K10) with targeted activities and informative actions during school year 2025/2026. The new programme of study is expected to be completed in March 2026.
(d) In-job shadowing programme for at least 2250 secondary general education pupils. In fact, approximately 5000 students actually participated in the programme, within the period covering January - April 2026.
(e) Supply of equipment to 170 laboratories for Secondary Education.
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- Reference
- C5.1R1
- Project locations
- Cyprus
- EU contribution
- €6 460 000