Free pre-school education for children as young as four is inching towards becoming a reality, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou explained to lawmakers on Wednesday during a House education committee that is examining a bill to this effect.
The session was not without digs at the minister’s predecessor Prodromos Prodromou, with MPs remarking that he used to threaten them that if they did not pass the law as he submitted, then Cyprus was at risk of losing EU funding.
It is clear this threat was not actually the case but a tool, Diko MP and committee deputy chairman Chrysanthos Savvides said.
Stemming from a clause under Cyprus’ Recovery and…
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