Number of school leavers choosing apprenticeships doublesRising number want to ‘earn and learn’, but women make up just 3% of 17,500 apprenticesThu Jan 23 2020 - 01:05
Department of Education clashes with research agency over future directionScience Foundation Ireland told of ‘clear risk’ its strategy is out of step with national plansMon Jan 20 2020 - 01:01
Government to consider sanctions for striking teachersHome-help staff may stage separate strike a day before election to push for pay restorationMon Jan 20 2020 - 01:00
Most secondary schools to close for day in pre-election strikeTUI stoppage on February 4th aimed at making two-tier pay rates an election issueSat Jan 18 2020 - 01:56
Meath school set to drop controversial iPad-only policyRatoath College to change policy that led to a campaign by parents concerned at screen timeFri Jan 17 2020 - 01:00
Are some students unfairly treated in State exams marking process?Claim exam scripts close to ‘grade boundaries’ deliberately manipulated up or downFri Jan 17 2020 - 01:00
Leaving Cert marks are altered as part of ‘unwritten policy’, claim examinersSources say some grades are changed to ensure consistent results each yearFri Jan 17 2020 - 00:35
‘Ants on her desk’: How some students were awarded ‘estimated grades’State exams body says practice aims to ensure students not unfairly disadvantagedThu Jan 16 2020 - 15:59
‘Parallel’ Leaving Cert system may threaten public confidenceHundreds of pupils have received estimated grades under a little-known systemThu Jan 16 2020 - 01:00
State exams body defends practice of issuing ‘estimated’ gradesMeasures used in exceptional situations where errors occur outside students’ controlThu Jan 16 2020 - 01:00
Hundreds of State exam students awarded ‘estimated grades’One Leaving Cert student given estimated grade after complaining of ants on deskThu Jan 16 2020 - 00:01
Schools have five years to phase out waiting lists under new rulesAdmissions legislation comes into force from September 2021Wed Jan 15 2020 - 21:24
School principals' group warns Leaving Cert ‘no longer fit for purpose’State Examinations Commission paper illuminates process of grade consistencyTue Jan 14 2020 - 18:36
State exams: What is the bell curve?Marking schemes altered to ensure similar proportion of students achieve same gradesTue Jan 14 2020 - 02:00
Questions raised over State examinations marking processAnalysis: Unpublished report highlights concerns over fairness, accuracy of systemTue Jan 14 2020 - 02:00
Q&A: Will students be treated fairly under the State exams marking process?Process is generally seen as inherently fair in that every candidate is seen as the sameTue Jan 14 2020 - 02:00
Leaving Cert marking ‘rushed, unfair and lacks precision’State Examinations Commission paper illuminates process of grade consistencyTue Jan 14 2020 - 01:00
Hundreds of childcare facilities to close in one-day stoppageOrganisers say under-funding of sector has resulted in unsustainable servicesFri Jan 10 2020 - 08:20
‘First step’ towards free books for primary school childrenPilot project will provide free books for 15,500 pupils in disadvantaged schoolsThu Jan 09 2020 - 18:26
Fewer schoolchildren drinking, smoking or having sex, study findsConcern over bullying and drop in life satisfaction among girlsThu Jan 09 2020 - 02:01
Hundreds of childcare providers may shut for ‘day of protest’Childcare facilities likely to close for one day in late January or early FebruaryTue Jan 07 2020 - 20:16
The 12 education issues set to dominate 2020Industrial strife, mergers and Leaving Cert reform will be prominent in coming yearTue Jan 07 2020 - 00:00
Surplus in State training fund set to climb to €1bn in 2020Scale of skills underspend emerges as third-level sectors facing investment ‘crisis’Mon Jan 06 2020 - 02:38
State criticised over €10m spent on chaplains for schoolsCampaigners say funding discriminates against secular and minority faith parentsMon Jan 06 2020 - 02:20
Twenty women-only professorships to be established this yearMary Mitchell O’Connor says the gender equality move is ‘game-changing moment’Fri Jan 03 2020 - 02:30
Government backs new €1bn Silicon Docks campus for Trinity CollegeCabinet approves report recommending €150m for innovation district in DublinFri Jan 03 2020 - 02:18
Teacher-sharing scheme to tackle shortages has not had any uptakeThe Government initiative has not resulted in a single shared teaching post, figures showFri Jan 03 2020 - 02:12
Plan to double number of pupils in Irish-speaking schoolsJoe McHugh to develop new blueprint to support Irish-medium educationMon Dec 30 2019 - 14:23
Rising fees lead many to question value of private educationParents make major financial sacrifice in scramble to secure places at oversubscribed schoolsSat Dec 28 2019 - 02:30
Fees for private schools jump as enrolments return to boom-time highDay pupil fees rise above €8,000 for the first time, while boarding fees rise to €23,000Sat Dec 28 2019 - 02:30
Public has limited sympathy for children locked in povertyIt’s hard to convince people of the importance of child welfare policies – but there are waysSat Dec 21 2019 - 06:00
Diagnosis not needed to secure SNA support for childrenMove by department aims to ensure pupils with disabilities can access helpThu Dec 19 2019 - 01:00
Minister criticises ‘lack of transparency’ at NUI Galway charityStudents condemn ‘wasteful and frivolous’ spending noted in Charities Regulator reportWed Dec 18 2019 - 15:30
Educate Together and ETBs awarded patronage of six new secondary schoolsHarold’s Cross and Goatstown secondary schools to be run by Educate TogetherTue Dec 17 2019 - 17:11
Graduate gender pay gap widens over time, official figures revealPay for male graduates outstrips that for women by €130 a week eight years after collegeMon Dec 16 2019 - 01:00
Earnings a key consideration for cost-conscious studentsIrish students set to face highest college fees in the European Union following BrexitMon Dec 16 2019 - 01:00
Over 500 children with special needs are without school placesClaim that home-tuition grants were deliberately delayed is rejected by GovernmentMon Dec 16 2019 - 01:00
Career opportunities: Highest-paying college degrees revealedMedicine, statistics and engineering graduates earn up to twice that of arts, humanitiesMon Dec 16 2019 - 01:00
Public libraries to get sensory rooms for children with disabilitiesFunding announced for sensory play equipment, toys and assistive technologiesMon Dec 16 2019 - 00:01
UCD president: ‘Employers nowadays want more rounded graduates’Prof Andrew Deeks says students are increasingly expected to be resilientWed Dec 11 2019 - 20:08
Sex education review does not recommend changes to ethos opt-out ruleEthos of religious schools will be protected, Minister for Education saysWed Dec 11 2019 - 19:57
UCD plans to expand and become Ireland’s ‘largest’ third-level institutionUniversity to hire 500 new academic staff and enrol thousands more studentsWed Dec 11 2019 - 17:29
Royal College of Surgeons becomes State’s ninth universityDublin institution says change will help it secure top staff, research funding and studentsTue Dec 10 2019 - 16:58
Irish universities secure six prestigious European research grantsTrinity, NUIG and Maynooth secure funding from ‘gold standard’ of academic researchTue Dec 10 2019 - 13:25
Students ‘losing out’ on tuition time due to disputeSchools advised to begin teachers’ meetings during class time in bid to diffuse rowMon Dec 09 2019 - 02:29
New online support to help students learn Polish, Lithuanian and PortugueseSupporting ‘heritage languages’ boosts wellbeing of pupils from different backgroundsMon Dec 09 2019 - 02:29
Abuse redress: Christian Brothers pay €30mReligious congregations provide €110m in cash but owe twice that amount in propertyMon Dec 09 2019 - 02:25
Secondary students urged to learn foreign languages to boost career prospects3,000 students attend transition year languages eventFri Dec 06 2019 - 21:17
Mary McAleese inaugurated as new chancellor of Trinity CollegeFrom one former president to another as role is inherited from Mary RobinsonFri Dec 06 2019 - 19:25
Fintan O’Toole conferred with honorary degree by Trinity CollegeFormer tánaiste Mary Harney and Joan Freeman among other recipientsFri Dec 06 2019 - 19:17
