Secondary schools to get extra funding to aid roll-out of controversial Leaving Cert reforms
Almost €20 million to be invested in science subjects and laboratories
News and advice on the second-level education system.
Almost €20 million to be invested in science subjects and laboratories
A candidate who secured 550 points last year can expect to get about 538 points in the 2025 exams due to efforts to gradually return exam results to pre-Covid levels
Religious education fosters the ability to appreciate diversity without diluting one’s own beliefs
We are expected to be chief executives, HR directors, compliance officers and facilities managers, all while leading learning, managing behaviour, supporting parents and safeguarding children
Moves comes as teachers are balloted over whether to back changes or embark on industrial action in the autumn
Simple steps can help students navigate stress and promote greater resilience
Parents complain of long waiting lists and uncertainty over school places in commuter belt areas
Rapid population growth causing enrolment pressure in commuter belt, say families
These students are learning to radiators and toilets. It is part of a move to promote vocational options and tackle ‘snobbery’ around alternatives to college
Helen McEntee is planning the ‘largest conversation on education in the State’s history’. She would do well to examine the legacy of a landmark report from three decades ago
Official figures show 110,000 primary and 65,000 post-primary students missed 20 or more days in the 2022/2023 year
Degrees with integrated work placements help students can gain essential industry skills and personal attributes which employers look for
Unethical use of AI is rampant and in danger of producing students whose degrees are essentially meaningless
Group from Sacred Heart Secondary School in Tullamore won judges’ prize for their creation, Agatha Trunchbull
Landmark study finds immigrant families feel strengths of education system include support and culture of care
Teacher unions to ballot members on whether to accept package or take industrial action in September
Teaching staff witness a merry-go-round of ineffective dead-ends posing as ‘consequences’.
Simon Harris said tertiary degrees meant students would not have to worry about Leaving Cert points
It is very expensive, but joining the Air Corps can provide a route into civilian aviation
School patron says school is facing ‘serious sustainability challenges’ due to declining enrolment
Inspectors find ‘almost all’ schools in study had criteria which could limit enrolment of pupils with learning difficulties
A new AI model trained to mark Leaving Cert work is going ‘viral’. Many educators are embracing it, even as they express concern about the ethics of student use
University lecturer says original vision of construction studies subject is ‘all but abandoned’ in new draft
Patrick Joseph Bardon is serving a 10-year sentence in the Midlands Prison for the oral rape of one of his then students in the 1990s
No progress made in transition of CBS Synge Street to a coeducational Irish-medium Gaelcholáiste, campaigners say
More resources needed to support teaching and learning changes, poll of school leaders finds
Republic’s education system should ‘not be too smug’ as it too streams students, Prof Anne Looney says
Fórsa set to ballot members over industral action commencing at start of new school year
New scheme will allow SNAs to be redeployed to other schools if no longer required
Delegates at INTO annual congress highlight ‘mismatch’ between modern society and education system
National Convention planned to explore how nation can secure ‘best outcomes in world’ for students
In an uncertain world, we need to give our students the best chance of reaching their potential
Move follows criticism from students and teachers over ‘harsh’ scoring system
Almost 60 per cent of educators experienced physical aggression, with rates highest in special schools
The housing crisis is resulting in acute teacher shortages, say teachers’ unions, whose annual conferences get under way this week. Is there any solution in sight?
Programme will coincide with the establishment of a national therapy service in education, Minister says
Second-level students eclipse thousands of global competitors with space-settlement plans
DCU research comes as schools grapple with staff shortages
Biggest reforms in half century will see a minimum of 40% awarded for coursework
Leaving school means leaving a caring community and a familiar routine. It shouldn’t mean losing one’s ability to leave the house as well
Campaigners say new rules fail to protect vulnerable children
By 2029, 41 subjects will have been redeveloped. Most will have an additional component such as a project or investigation
The number of pupils chronically absent from school has doubled. Experts say making students feel they belong is key to tackling the problem
An effective meeting can be done in two minutes if you say what you need to say and brook no unnecessary diversions
Move comes after threefold increase in prevalence of autism in the last 10 years
The fee-paying secondary school has sent a notice to parents, informing them that a ‘security incident’ had taken place
Draft plan would see candidates quizzed on plays or books at end of fifth year
Research tracks experiences of vulnerable young people and level of support offered by schools
Unthinkable: How fair are the State exams if some students can buy an advantage in the form of specialised tuition?
Immersion in the language is key – as is understanding the structure of the assessment
Teachers' union seeks legal indemnity to protect members who must authenticate students' work
An innovative transition year programme is empowering disabled adults and boosting students’ leadership skills
Dublin Academy of Education to admit transition year students at its expanded Blackrock campus
It is a make-or-break moment for reform of a Leaving Cert subject which teaches pupils vital life skills
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Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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