Leaving Cert students unlikely to progress to third-level courses before NovemberColleges plan to make up lost time in academic year by cutting short Christmas holidays and reading weeks for first-year studentsFri Apr 17 2020 - 01:00
Leaving Cert exams could run until early SeptemberNew school year likely to be delayed, with staggered return of classesThu Apr 16 2020 - 21:21
One in five secondary school pupils lack reliable broadbandSurvey of parents indicates 15% of students are not receiving feedback from teachersWed Apr 15 2020 - 19:05
Leaving Cert: Cancelled elements may be flagged on students’ resultsContentious practice of annotating certificates has been subject to legal action in pastWed Apr 15 2020 - 17:26
ASTI says it will work to support delayed Leaving Cert examsUnion had stated at weekend that plan ‘cannot be enforced’Tue Apr 14 2020 - 20:26
Teachers’ union rases ‘serious concerns’ over delay in Leaving CertASTI says it ‘will be seeking clarifications’ over rescheduling of examsSat Apr 11 2020 - 10:00
Students fear delay to Leaving Cert will cause stress and burnoutSchool managers urge candidates to take complete break from study over EasterSat Apr 11 2020 - 09:45
Q&A: When will State exams now be held exactly?State Examinations Commission due to publish timetable in early JuneFri Apr 10 2020 - 19:10
Leaving Cert delay: Move brings clarity but will heap pressure on students’ shouldersSpare a thought for the class of 2020 who have had it harder than any othersFri Apr 10 2020 - 17:44
Leaving Cert postponed until late summer; Junior Cycle replaced with class testsStudents urged to take ‘complete break’ over Easter holidaysFri Apr 10 2020 - 17:07
Schools move to support anxious students with online counsellingGuidance counsellors in regular contact with vulnerable pupils online since school shutdown, finds Education and Training Boards Ireland surveyWed Apr 08 2020 - 01:55
Students’ qualifications will not be undermined by cancellation of examsMitchell O’Connor says degrees will be valued and regarded the same as any other yearWed Apr 08 2020 - 01:01
Students call on universities to ensure grades do not suffer in online examsMore than 15,000 third-level students sign petitions about challenges in working onlineFri Apr 03 2020 - 17:13
Secondary students want State exams replaced with predicted gradesStudents union survey attracts 47,000 responses from Junior and Leaving Cert pupilsFri Apr 03 2020 - 12:34
Families of special needs children struggling at homeParents fear long-term school closures will rob children of their full potentialFri Apr 03 2020 - 01:00
Government shelves controversial changes to SNA supports for schoolchildrenSupport groups had opposed move over fears it would dilute support for vulnerable pupilsThu Apr 02 2020 - 19:00
Coronavirus: 16,000 special needs assistants put on support standbySNAs will fill vacancies created by nurses and medical staff moving into frontline jobsWed Apr 01 2020 - 13:10
Coronavirus: Schools reopen to provide food parcels to needy familiesSchool meals programme resumes for families in disadvantaged areasTue Mar 31 2020 - 19:27
Coronavirus: Teachers will not be redeployed to help health service, unions sayDepartment says main focus of staff in education sector is delivering tuition to studentsTue Mar 31 2020 - 17:21
Usit closure: How a student-run travel firm engineered a social revolutionCompany says outcome for students who booked travel with it is ‘uncertain’Fri Mar 27 2020 - 23:14
TCD provost says new students may end up starting college ‘slightly later’ this yearPrendergast reassures secondary students hoping to study at Trinity that it will welcome new students in the autumnThu Mar 26 2020 - 21:09
RTÉ to broadcast ‘school on TV’ from next weekHome school hub will be aimed at primary school children from first to sixth classThu Mar 26 2020 - 19:35
Coronavirus: Schools to provide weekly boxes of groceries for disadvantaged pupilsGovernment confirms funding for schools meals programme for 250,000 childrenThu Mar 26 2020 - 13:31
Leaving Cert students could sit deferred exams and start college in mid-autumnContingency plan being explored in case of delay to June examsWed Mar 25 2020 - 17:28
Coronavirus: Varadkar ‘hopeful’ schools can return in May or JuneTaoiseach says ‘very good chance’ Leaving Cert exams will go aheadTue Mar 24 2020 - 18:09
Students risk losing out as online teaching creates ‘digital divide’Many do not have access to broadband or teachers are ill-equipped to teach remotelyMon Mar 23 2020 - 02:15
Teachers should provide online support during closures – DepartmentNational Parents Council says supports from schools and teachers vary significantlySun Mar 22 2020 - 18:00
Junior Cert could be cancelled to prioritise Leaving Cert written examsTaoiseach says school closures could be extended into April or MayFri Mar 20 2020 - 12:44
Cancelled exams: ‘I got so annoyed and frustrated that I started crying’Leaving Cert students’ reaction to the decision to cancel oral and practical examsThu Mar 19 2020 - 23:04
Leaving/Junior Cert students to get full marks as orals and practicals cancelledMinister working on assumption Leaving Cert written exam will go ahead as plannedThu Mar 19 2020 - 11:39
‘Students are super-stressed. They don’t know when the exams will be’Coronavirus: Leaving Cert students feel anxious and uncertain over what lies aheadWed Mar 18 2020 - 17:33
Coronavirus: Call for clarity on future of State exams to ease students’ anxietyContingency plans for Junior and Leaving Certs being worked on, department saysWed Mar 18 2020 - 16:59
Coronavirus: Hundreds of medicine students fast-tracked into fight against Covid-19‘We’re know there’s a tsunami coming. We’re ready to to help’Wed Mar 18 2020 - 08:34
Coronavirus: University of Limerick likely to set up field hospital on campusUL president expects it will be at least mid-June before college reopens to studentsMon Mar 16 2020 - 11:59
Why Confirmation is still ‘a thing’ in Irish schoolsIn a slowly secularising school system, the numbers getting confirmed are holding upSat Mar 14 2020 - 06:00
Coronavirus: Parents urged to avoid children mixing with others‘No playdates, no parties and no playgrounds,’ warns hospital consultantFri Mar 13 2020 - 20:42
Home-schooling during coronavirus closures: advice from expertsQ&A: What you need to know about timetables, rewards and parents’ resourcesFri Mar 13 2020 - 16:41
Teachers’ Easter conferences postponed due to coronavirusAsti, TUI and INTO did not say if there is a provisional date later in the year for conferenceFri Mar 13 2020 - 15:17
Schools, colleges and childcare facilities may shut well beyond March 29thLeaving Cert and Junior Cert oral and practical exams to be postponedThu Mar 12 2020 - 21:10
Q&A: How will school closures impact on pupils, parents and exams?Leaving Cert and Junior Cert oral and practical examinations are set to be postponedThu Mar 12 2020 - 19:09
Coronavirus: Schools prepare to move classes onlineDisruption due to mass school closures set to be unmatched by any weather event in living memoryThu Mar 12 2020 - 18:54
Coronavirus: Junior and Leaving Cert exams still scheduled for later this monthState Examinations Commission says oral and practical exams are set to take placeWed Mar 11 2020 - 20:19
Further education courses boost students’ chances of graduating from third levelQuarter of institute of technology students now come from further education sectorWed Mar 11 2020 - 17:25
Coronavirus: No plans for large-scale school closures ‘at this point’Department of Education says decision to shut schools would be made on public health adviceTue Mar 10 2020 - 18:41
Coronavirus: No plans for large-scale school closures ‘at this point’Department of Education says decision to shut schools would be made on public health adviceTue Mar 10 2020 - 16:06
Trinity introduces online classes in bid to limit coronavirus threatUniversity closes Book of Kells exhibition and Old Library to visitorsTue Mar 10 2020 - 13:07
Increase in CAO applications for science and environment coursesFigures reflect interest among young people in climate change and sustainabilityTue Mar 10 2020 - 06:00
Warning over ‘emergency’ shortage of secondary school principalsLess than a third say they will remain in a school leadership role in five years’ timeTue Mar 10 2020 - 06:00
Thousands of students apply for hardship funds to help pay for rising rentsUp to 14,000 to get payments from Student Assistance Fund in current academic yearMon Mar 09 2020 - 13:03
Snobbery at the heart of two-tier education system for school-leaversAnalysis: Consultation paper points to closer links between further and higher educationMon Mar 09 2020 - 02:01
