The Parliament’s Education Committee has identified serious infrastructure problems in the schools of Liopetri and Paralimni

Overcrowded classrooms, outdated buildings, lack of shelters and sports areas — these are some of the problems identified by members of the Parliament’s Education Committee during today’s visit to three educational institutions in Liopetri and Paralimni. Committee chairman Pavlos Milonas told KYPE agency that there is an urgent need to build new school facilities.

According to Milonas, the “Liopetri B” primary school demonstrates a high level of educational and pedagogical work, but the building remains outdated, and issues related to infrastructure require intervention. He noted that the main efforts to maintain the school fall on teachers and local school boards, which operate mainly thanks to personal initiative.

The problems mainly concern the lack of shelters and limited sports areas; however, as Milonas clarified, steps are being taken to improve them.

At Paralimni Gymnasium, despite the renovation and significant investment, challenges remain with temporary modular classrooms. Six such units must stay in use to ensure student safety and avoid constant classroom changes, which puts additional strain on the school. Issues also remain regarding landscaping and overcrowding.

Milonas separately highlighted the situation at the “Yorkio” kindergarten in Paralimni, where, according to him, the problems are “even more serious”. The 1980 building, donated by Georgios Papadopoulos, is jointly owned by the municipality and the Ministry of Education, while the land is chalitic. Due to divided responsibility between the municipality and the Ministry’s technical services, maintenance work progresses with difficulty. According to Milonas, the municipality invests significant funds annually in maintaining its share of the building, while the Ministry’s technical services are often unable to start work due to budget shortages.

The kindergarten has 200 children, employs 30 teachers, and is run by a director without administrative staff.

Following the visit, Milonas stressed that local communities continue to demand the construction of new educational facilities, which would solve problems of overcrowding, reliance on temporary modular units, and improve the infrastructure of existing schools.