1. Cyprus Acropolis Gymnasium Angela Kleanthous

2. 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

3. 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 12-15 years old)  Lyceum or Technical School 3 Grades (mostly 15- 18 years old)

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

5. 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

6. Acropolis Gymnasium

7.  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 1974. At the beginning it had all six levels of Secondary Education (Gymnasium and Lyceum)  Since 1986 it is solely a Gymnasium

8. 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

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

10. School Contacts  Head teacher Athena Papadimitriou tel: +35722446663 tel: +35722446663  School Office +35722425414  Fax number: +35722446662  School E-mail gym.akr.nic@cytanet.com.cy gym.akr.nic@cytanet.com.cy  Angela Kleanthous +35799317414 E-mail: a_klea@yahoo.com a_klea@yahoo.com

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