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Understand what assistance is available for children with special needs in specialist schools in Cyprus, as well as in the mainstream public and private school systems...
Laws in Cyprus specifically accommodate special-needs children. The acts are: Education and Training of Children with Special Needs Law 1999 (113(I)/1999), Mechanisms for Early Detection of Children with Special Needs (185(I)2001) and Regulations for Education and Training of Children with Special Needs (186 (I)2001).
The purpose of these acts is to detect problems as early as possible and accommodate the child's learning in the most appropriate way available. The government provides special-needs facilities for children from the age of 3 to18 (and 21 on application).
Special-needs children are accepted into the regular school system to aid integration and provide support. Children with greater needs receive extra afterschool education with special needs teachers assigned to a school. Children with health-related special needs who are unable to attend school for long periods of time can be provided with home schooling.
Hearing-impaired and autistic children are accepted to pre-primary schools with special facilities and may attend on a part-time basis. There are special schools for children with severe physical, mental or emotional needs, although the education authorities do try to encourage interaction between such schools and children in the regular system.
The New Hope Special School is a private school for children with learning difficulties and is fully recognised by the Ministry of Education and Culture in Cyprus.
For more information contact:
- New Hope Special School
Tel: 22 494 820
Fax: 22 427 928
Email
Other special needs schools
Nicosia:
- Special School Evangelismos
Tel: 22 481 081
Fax: 22 571 314
Email
- Special School Nicosia
Tel: 22 444 290
Fax: 22 305 265
Email
- School for the Deaf
Tel: 22 305 422 / 99 412 442
Fax: 22 305 423
Email
- School for the Blind
Tel: 22 403 300
Fax: 22 403 340
Email
Limassol
- St Luke’s Special School
Tel: 25 334 175
Fax: 25 385 139
Email
- Red Cross Convalescent Special School for Children
Tel: 25 385 229
Fax: 25 385 229
Email
Larnaca
- Special School St. Spyridon
Tel: 24 637 677 / 24 637 948
Fax: 24 637 948
Email
- Famagusta Special School Barnabas
Tel: 23 942 133 / 23 943 144
Fax: 23 942 865
Email
- Paphos Special School Theokepastis
Tel: 26 962 011
Fax: 26 813 069
Email
Related Information
- Ministry of Education and Culture
Tel: 22 800 600 / 22 800 700 / 22 800 938
Fax: 22 427 559
Email