This website contains information about the actions and programmes of the Cyprus Pedagogical Institute of the Ministry of Education, Sport and Youth, which are geared towards the cultivation of Media Literacy in school education.

Η Ευρωπαική Επιτροπή ορίζει την Παιδεία για τα Μέσα ως την ικανότητα πρόσβασης, ανάλυσης και αξιολόγησης της δύναμης των εικόνων, των ήχων και των μηνυμάτων, τα οποία αντιμετωπίζουμε καθημερινά και αποτελούν σημαντικό κομμάτι του σύγχρονου πολιτισμού μας, καθώς επίσης την ικανότητα επαρκούς επικοινωνίας στα μέσα πληροφόρησης και επικοινωνίας. Η Παιδεία για τα Μέσα αφορά όλα τα μέσα, συμπεριλαμβανομένων της τηλεόρασης, του κινηματογράφου, του ραδιοφώνου, των έντυπων μέσων, του διαδικτύου και άλλων νέων ψηφιακών τεχνολογιών.

Media Literacy is now considered a major factor of sustainable development as it is not restricted to the development of a set of skills, enabling us to access, understand or even ignore information we receive from the various information and communication media; it is also connected with issues of personal and moral development, critical thinking, creativity, respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms, social justice, protection of the environment and, more broadly, issues of democratic coexistence.

Our aim is to apply innovative pedagogical approaches in order to equip teachers and students with knowledge, skills, behaviours, attitudes, values and tools that allow them access to information, to consume and generate content with critical competence, protect themselves against misinformation and cyberbullying, and use their knowledge and imagination to create messages and ideas, but also to communicate these responsibly and safely.