The Cyprus Pedagogical Institute (CPI) is one of the Directorates of the Ministry of Education, Sport and Youth in Cyprus.

It is the official body responsible for the continuous professional learning of in-service teachers at all levels of education and it also has substantial contribution to planning and implementation of educational policy. The scope of the CPI is to improve the quality of the educational system, taking into consideration the literature and research and the priorities set by the Ministry. Moreover, the mission of the CPI is the design and implementation of continuous professional learning of teachers at all levels, the setting of framework for the teacher competences and the promotion of horizontal issues of educational priority, improving the content and effectiveness of the education provided in accordance with the wider international, european and local context.

CPI offers in-service training to teachers of all levels through several compulsory programmes and optional seminars, including school-based programmes for teachers’ in-site professional learning and development, it plans and conducts education research and evaluation studies, it follows and adapts current trends in pedagogy, it promotes the use of new technologies in education, it undertakes the writing and publication of teaching books, the designing of the curriculum and the production of teaching materials.