Leaving Cert students to get up to 50% of marks by creating video in new subject
Drama and film studies to be introduced to schools on ‘phased basis’ from 2025 onwards
Synge Street CBS is to admit girls for first time in 160 years and become an all-Irish Gaelcholáiste
Dublin school’s past pupils include taoisigh, presidents and high profile figures from media and sporting worlds
Children with special needs lose out as schools redeploy resource teachers to mainstream classes, inspectors find
Report finds learning targets set for many children with additional needs are ‘not appropriately challenging’
Teachers’ salaries have declined in real terms in recent years, OECD report finds
Ireland spends less on education per student compared to average across developed countries
Dentists seek cap on course places for overseas students to ease CAO points for Irish school leavers
Up to half of places on dental sciences courses are set aside for international trainees who pay €45,000 per year
‘Crude and unfair’ CAO system must change, say school principals
A narrow approach to measuring students’ aptitudes may contribute to high dropout rates
Parents to be surveyed on school ethos, gender mix and education through Irish or English
Some 88 per cent of primary schools are Catholic while just over 5 per cent are multidenominational
Teachers to be asked to upskill outside teaching hours to reduce disruption
Reform proposals form part of ‘exploratory’ reforms linked to public sector pay deal
Simon Harris, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk are all college drop outs. Is it really such a bad thing rates are rising in Ireland?
About 15% of students starting out on their degree course this month will fail to progress to second year, Dropping out, however, doesn’t necessarily mean screwing up: many go on to find their true calling
Some 126 children with special needs still waiting on a school place
Ombudsman for Children highlights ‘unacceptable’ situation faced by young people and their families
Teachers should not be forced to deliver ‘sensitive’ sex education classes - union
New curriculum - including sexual consent and attitudes to pornography - to be mandatory at senior cycle
‘It’s an absolute nightmare’: Hundreds of schoolchildren with tickets told no buses available
Delays awarding contracts and driver shortages have delayed resumption of services in some areas, Bus Éireann says
Rising student dropout rates may be linked to high rents and commuting, university chief warns
University of Galway president says top students may end up going overseas
‘I just feel hard done by’: Another Leaving Cert student on top points loses out on college course due to lottery
North Dublin student asks Minister to expand places for students affected by random selection
‘She couldn’t have done better’: Leaving Cert student with maximum points misses out on college course due to lottery
Father says his daughter is inconsolable after not being accepted for UCD course