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[relgiruk]

Hi all,

me and my family are thinking about moving to cyprus in 2010 and would like to hear any comments on schools for our kids. wheather to put in a english school or cypriot one? where the best schools are? if private roughly how much would the cost be?
we were looking around the paphos area e.g peyia sort of area. but not set on that area.
cant really find a lot on the internet about any school.

also my partner is an electrician i was wondering if he would have a any problems getting work?

im a bit nervious about it as worried wont really meet many people, but from what i gather there are a lot of english out ther now.

any advice would be very welcome

thanks

kim
xxx

[CBBB]

I will restrain myself from replying.

[Get Real!]

Being a business, a private school’s priority is to keep its paying customers (the parents) happy by not enforcing discipline rigorously, being very lenient on student aptitude, and not taking student absences too seriously, in their relentless goal to please the parent.

My advice…go state.

[DT.]

We've just enrolled ours in the Junior School. Would have liked state but a school teacher friend of ours put us off it.

[purdey]

I was always under the impression that private schools thrived upon there academic results. Dicipline and hard work seem to be the goal of most private schools in acheiving above average results for their children.I cannot comment on how this relates to Cypriot private schools.

[Sotos]

Hi all,

me and my family are thinking about moving to cyprus in 2010 and would like to hear any comments on schools for our kids. wheather to put in a english school or cypriot one? where the best schools are? if private roughly how much would the cost be?
we were looking around the paphos area e.g peyia sort of area. but not set on that area.
cant really find a lot on the internet about any school.

also my partner is an electrician i was wondering if he would have a any problems getting work?

im a bit nervious about it as worried wont really meet many people, but from what i gather there are a lot of english out ther now.

any advice would be very welcome

thanks

kim
xxx

How old will be your children when you come over? If they will be under 6 then you can put them in a state school but it would be better if they learn some basic Greek first. If they are over 6 then better in an English school because they might have trouble following lessons in Greek. Problem is that I don't think there is much choice of English schools in Paphos. You will be better of in Limassol or Nicosia. The same for work. Not much work opportunities in Paphos but without Greek everywhere it will be hard. So if you are sure that you want to come to Cyprus in a year then you SHOULD start learning Greek right now.

[Sotos]

Sorry, just seen that on the title you say the ages of your kids. At those ages definitely an English school. For the older one it will be almost impossible to follow the classes in Greek so you shouldn't risk.

[Get Real!]

I was always under the impression that private schools thrived upon there academic results. Dicipline and hard work seem to be the goal of most private schools in acheiving above average results for their children.I cannot comment on how this relates to Cypriot private schools.

All a parent has to do is ring up and threaten the headmaster (proprietor) that unless his failed son/daughter passes the year they’ll take him/her to another school and bingo the child is through…

[DT.]

I was always under the impression that private schools thrived upon there academic results. Dicipline and hard work seem to be the goal of most private schools in acheiving above average results for their children.I cannot comment on how this relates to Cypriot private schools.

All a parent has to do is ring up and threaten the headmaster (proprietor) that unless his failed son/daughter passes the year they’ll take him/her to another school and bingo the child is through…

Thats nothing...you obviously haven't seen the DT wing of the English school.

[relgiruk]

hi
thx all for the replies. im still really confused about it all, so many to choose from.
think it would benefit our kids by going to an english school but all seem really expensive.
im sure it will al become clear soon enough.
many thanks
kim
xxx