Cyprus Acropolis Gymnasium Angela Kleanthous

General information  Official Language is Greek and Turkish. However, Turkish are not widely used in the non occupied area (only in government documents)  750,000 habitants in the non occupied area  6 cities (Lefkosia, Lemesos, Pafos, Larnaka and two occupied Ammochostos and Kerynia)  Main religion is Greek Orthodox

Cyprus Educational Statistics 1,258 schools 172,361 students 15,213 teachers 11,3 ratio student-teachers School system  Primary school 6 grades from age 6  Gymnasium 3 Grades (mostly years old)  Lyceum or Technical School 3 Grades (mostly years old)

School System  Obligatory subjects (14)  Marks A to E (fail)  Final exams in June on 4 subjects Greek language, Mathematics, Science and History

Educational System It is a centralized system. The Ministry of Education and Culture controls :  Staff selection, promotion and placement  National curriculum  Book distribution to the students  Economically the schools  School Procedures

Acropolis Gymnasium

 In the heart of the capital Lefkosia in an old building opposite the Presidential Palace.  It opened as a school after the Turkish invasion in At the beginning it had all six levels of Secondary Education (Gymnasium and Lyceum)  Since 1986 it is solely a Gymnasium

School statistics 338 students of which:  168 boys  170 girls Moreover,  Non-greek speaking 11  Refugee origin 54  Immigrants 69 The school also consists of 45 teachers and10 non- teaching staff

School Statistics  Non- Cypriot origin students Greeks31 Georgia13 Romania4 Bulgaria6 Other15 Total69

School Contacts  Head teacher Athena Papadimitriou tel: tel:  School Office  Fax number:  School  Angela Kleanthous

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