High School CEEB Codes in Cyprus

topschoolsintheusa March 20, 2019

There are 12 high school codes in Cyprus today, according to the ACT. The full list is shown below by city, with name of each high school and the city where the school is located (based on the ACT official site). You can search a school code by pressing “Ctrl” + “F” and then type school name or 6-digit school code.

Map of Cyprus

High School Codes by City

The above lists CEEB codes (College Entrance Examination Board) for all accredited Cyprus high schools. Please be informed that the list of high school codes in Cyprus may change throughout the year. If you can’t find codes for the high schools of your interest, please write to us or come back at a later time. We will update our database soon after a new high school code is added to the country of Cyprus.

Country Abbreviations

CYP is the three-letter country code of Cyprus, and CY is the two-letter country code of Cyprus. The two-letter suffix is used in top-level domains on the Internet as .cy.

Politics

According to the constitution of August 16, 1960, which is still formally valid, Cyprus is a presidential republic with two self-governing ethnic groups. De facto, however, Cyprus consists of two politically, economically and administratively separate parts, the internationally recognized Greek Cypriot southern part and the Turkish Cypriot northern part, which is known as the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti; proclaimed on November 15, 1983) only by Turkey is recognized.

Greco-Cypriot part: the head of state and chief executive officer (head of government) is the president (directly elected for 5 years). He appoints and dismisses the members of the cabinet and has the right to veto legislative decisions. The legislature lies with the House of Representatives (80 members, elected for 5 years according to proportional representation, 56 for the Greek part of the population and 24 for the Turkish Cypriots [currently vacant]).

Turkish Cypriot part: According to the constitution of May 5, 1985, the legislature rests with the Legislative Assembly (50 members, elected for 5 years according to proportional representation), the executive with the government under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister appointed by the President. The President, who is directly elected for a five-year term, has representative and foreign policy functions as head of state. He can dissolve parliament and declare a state of emergency or impose martial law.

Parties

The most influential parties in the Greek Cypriot part are the Progressive Party of the Working People (AKEL, founded 1941, left-wing socialist), the Democratic Collection (DISY, founded 1976, liberal-conservative), the Democratic Party (DIKO, founded 1976, left-liberal) and the Social Democratic Movement (EDEK, founded in 1969 as the United Social Democratic Center Union). The citizens’ alliance (SYPOL, founded in 2013), the solidarity movement (KA, founded in 2016, eurosceptic), the European party (EVROKO, founded in 2005, right-wing conservative) and the ecological and environmental movement (KOSP, founded in 1996, green party) also play a role.

In the broad spectrum of parties in the Turkish-Cypriot part, v. a. a role: National Unity Party (UBP, founded in 1975, conservative-nationalist, pro-market economy), Republican Turkish Party – United Forces (CTP-BG, founded 1970 as CTP, new name since 2003, socialist-oriented), Party of Social Democracy (TDP, founded 2007, social democratic), Democratic Party – National Forces (DP-UG, founded in 1992 as a spin-off from UBP, until 2013 under the name Democratic Party [DP]) and Party for Freedom and Reform (ÖRP, founded 2006, social liberal).

Unions

The largest umbrella organizations are (in the Greek Cypriot part) the Pan -Cypriot Federation of Labor (PEO; founded in 1946) with (2014) 80,000 members and the Workers’ Confederation of Cyprus (SEC; founded 1944) with 50,000 members and (in the Turkish Cypriot part) the Federation of Turkish Cypriot Trade Unions TÜRK-SEN (founded in 1954).

Military

The total strength of the Greek Cypriot conscription army (service period 26 months) is 10,700 men, that of the paramilitary police force about 1,000 men. The army is divided into a tank brigade, two light infantry brigades, a support brigade and an artillery and special forces regiment.

The Turkish Cypriot armed forces in the northern part of the island consist of around 5,000 men (divided into seven infantry battalions), and their military service lasts 24 months. – The foreign troops in Cyprus are made up of around 1,300 men from the Greek army, around 2,800 soldiers from Great Britain and – in the northern part – 36,000 members of the Turkish army; the UN peacekeeping forces on the island number around 1,250 men.

Defense expenditures represent (2013) 2.1% of the gross domestic product (GDP).

Administration

Both parts of the island are administered separately. There are six districts, the Greek Cypriot south accounts for the largest part of four, the Turkish Cypriot north the largest part of two districts.