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Five initiatives from Cyprus have been recognized in the 2025 European Innovative Teaching Awards, which honor educators and schools across Europe for groundbreaking projects under the Erasmus+ program. This year’s awards highlight 117 winners from more than 30 countries.
Cyprus stood out with five programs that demonstrated creativity, social impact, and a commitment to transforming education.
One of the winning projects, “Pro Tutors 2.0: A Digital Tutors’ Professional Development Journey”, led by the private institute C.F. Elite Tutors Ltd., trained language instructors to adopt student-focused, technology-driven teaching methods. Participants incorporated AI tools, gamification, and project-based learning into their lessons, while exploring Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) techniques. The initiative aimed to enhance tutors’ creativity, critical thinking, and visual memory skills.
Another project, “Safety Toolkit for Consumer and Personal Data Protection for the Elderly”, coordinated by CARDET, addressed the digital divide for older adults. The program provided practical training in online safety, data privacy, and consumer protection, helping seniors navigate the internet more securely while promoting digital inclusion.
The EDUCABILITY project, run by the Cyprus University of Technology, focused on empowering educators and librarians with essential information literacy skills. Its free, self-paced framework covers six literacies, including digital, media, and data literacy, as well as sustainable development literacy, preparing participants to teach effectively in an evolving digital environment.
“European and Environmental Culture in the School Environment”, coordinated by Lykeio Agiou Neofytou, emphasized democratic values and inclusion for migrant students and those with special needs. The project introduced the Erasmus+ program to a previously uninvolved school community, using ancient Greek heritage as a tool to explore democracy and encourage intercultural learning and European networking.
Finally, the Resilient Preschools initiative, led by the Cyprus Pedagogical Institute, applied positive psychology to early childhood education. By training educators to support resilience, emotional development, and well-being in preschoolers, the program aims to foster healthier, more adaptable future generations.
The winners will be celebrated at the European Innovative Teaching Awards ceremony in Brussels on Dec. 8-9, 2025. The projects will also be featured on Erasmus+ platforms, the European Education Area portal, and the European School Education platform.
