Nearly 20% of craft apprentices say they are earning below minimum rates
Survey by trade union Connect highlights challenges faced by many of the 22,000 apprentices currently in training
Education and Training Boards
Teaching staff at ETB vote to strike in September if enforced transfer of member not revoked
TUI says transfer is in breach of national agreement with Department of Education because of distance involved
Atlantic Aviation Group to hire 30 trainees as business expands
The Shannon-based company employs 600 people in the Republic and a 150 in England
Parents to be polled next year on multi-denominational education in effort to ‘accelerate’ school choice
Almost 90 per cent of the 3,600 primary schools in the State remain Catholic in ethos
Parity with post-primary teachers pay and conditions sought by adult education tutors’ group
Adult Education Tutors Organisation members protest at Dáil over staffing offer they decribe as ‘unacceptable’
A teacher on Budget 2024: ‘I am the squeezed middle. It helps, but not that much ’
Teacher Aideen Clarke estimates she will be better off by €10-€20 extra per week
‘Crisis level’: Schools ‘can no longer rely on bailouts from bank of mum and dad’
Managers say ‘chronic underfunding’ means many schools are struggling to provide heat, lighting and water in schools
Principal suspended from second level school as gardaí investigate abuse allegations
Move follows letter of complaint signed by staff members who say vulnerable students mistreated
Further education: Everything you need to know about traineeships
Q&A: How does a traineeship work and am I eligible to apply?
Q&A: How do I know if a further education and training course is the right choice for me?
Attitudes to further education have changed in recent years, and today’s students have more options than ever before
Further education resources: a glossary
New opportunities in a range of industries, supports for students with disadvantaged backgrounds and back to education allowances
‘We need more engineers’: How to start a career in engineering and technology if you didn’t get a college place
Apprenticeships, traineeships and PLCs mean Leaving Cert results are not the be-all and end-all
New options outside the CAO points system leading to a university degree
Courses available in healthcare, enterprise, ICT, creative sectors, engineering, manufacturing and construction under unified tertiary system
Alternative to CAO points system opens for student applications
Students will begin their studies at a further education provider before completing their course at higher education colleges
Unlocking the door to career advancement
Continuous education and training essential for lifelong success in rapidly evolving society
I retired recently. What education or training options are there for people of my age?
There are a multitude of course and online education resources available for people of all ages
Two new special schools to be established in Cork and Dublin
Extra capacity for 11 schools and hundreds more special classes to be added in mainstream system
The sound of alarm bells is distinct: Voluntary school boards are no longer sustainable
Children deserve competent, caring and critical governance in the schools they attend
Constitutional change needed to provide more multidenominational schools, says education chief
Almost 90 per cent of primary schools are under the control of Catholic Church
Pay offer for tutors will be made ‘at earliest opportunity’, says Tánaiste
Independent TD Marian Harkin says adult education tutors have to sign up for social welfare payments during holiday periods
Adult education tutors call for details of Government offer to be published
Proposals yet to be seen in years-long dispute over ETB pay and conditions
Learning Ukrainian: ‘We’re just trying to make it more friendly for them’
A language class in Castleknock is drawing people interested in linguistic interaction with our Ukrainian friends
Six key considerations in the CAO application process
Transition from school to third level can be a challenge. This is what you have to think about
Religious symbols in State schools must reflect ‘entire community’ under new plan
New blueprint follows confusion over whether schools run by Education and Training Boards are ‘de facto Catholic’
Eight new schools to be under non-denominational patronage
Educate Together will be the patron of four new secondary schools, Minister says
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