Saturday, August 23, 2008

Schools to promote culture of peaceful co-existence

"Schools to promote culture of peaceful co-existence
By Anna Hassapi

THE MINISTRY of Education will be announcing a set of measures to promote a culture of understanding, peaceful coexistence and mutual respect between the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities.

This programme, to be applied from the coming school year, will form part of the educational reform program, which was announced last month by the Minister of Education, Andreas Demetriou.

The set of measures will include lessons that promote mutual understanding and respect, as well as encouraging students to participate in extra-curricular activities with peers from the Turkish Cypriot community in a bid to foster co-operation and trust."

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