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Cyprus School Teachers Take to Streets to Protest Education Reform (VIDEO)

ATHENS (Sputnik) - Over 10,000 school teachers, their students and parents marched in Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus, to protest education reform and cuts to benefits, local media reported.
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The demonstrators marched on Tuesday to the Cyprus' presidential palace carrying banners reading "Hands off education and school" and criticizing the Cypriot government and the education minister, Phileleftheros, a newspaper, reported.

​The government plans to cut education costs by about 30 million euros ($35 million) and reduce the number of teachers, but the latter argue that it will undermine the Cypriot education system.

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