Primary school children on strike in Parekklisia

Primary school children in Parekklisia engaged in a two-hour strike on Tuesday over inadequate facilities at the school.

The strike was organised by the school’s parents’ association, with pupils and parents lining the street outside the school holding banners demanding more funding and better-quality conditions.

Slogans included “we want classrooms and schools, the plutocracy will pay for this crisis”, and “let the ministries use portacabins, we demand modern schools”.

Parents’ association chairwoman Stella Hadjispyrou spoke at the protest, describing the school’s children as “pupils of an inferior god”.

“Despite Limassol’s rapid…