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The English School - Nicosia
With an adult literacy rate (2015) of just over 99 percent, education is an important part of Cypriot life. The English School was founded in 1900 and served for many years as, according to the school's website, "an English-medium, inter-communal school of Christian character with facilities for all pupils to practise their own form of religion." Until 1974, Turkish Muslim students attended the school, but in 1974 access to the school was no longer possible due to the Green Line. In 2003, access was again possible, and at present, there are a significant number of Turkish students who attend from "the other side."