A study of 103 primary schools, conducted by Drs Helen Buckley and Kathryn McGarry, shows notable breaches of child protection guidelines.

The Start Strong Network claims that the current “patchwork response” to Early Education leaves Ireland “bottom of the league” of 25 OECD countries.

Five groups representing parents and children have warned of the serious negative impact which would follow a reduction in Child Benefit in the Budget.

Almost all of TCD’s 2,676 staff members downed tools to join the national one-day protest against government proposals to cut public sector pay.

Fianna Fail TD Brendan Keneally said it is “extraordinary” that lecturers in Institutes of Technology teach for only 480 out of 560 contracted hours.

Teachers and lecturers across the country have voted in favour of strike action in protest at Government plans to cut €1.3 billion from their earnings.

A new report - the first in an Irish context - examines parents’ approaches to educating their pre-adolescent and adolescent children about sexuality.

A one-day course aimed at preparing primary teaching postgraduate applicants for the Irish interview is available in Dublin on November 21.

A new website for teenagers has been launched which offers them information and support in addressing complicated feelings and situations.

A revamped version of the Irish language newspaper, Foinse, will be distributed free every Wednesday with a best selling national daily.

The Government-funded pre-school scheme, starting in January, will provide a year of free education for children born between 2/02/2005 and 30/06/2006.

A €150 million computers scheme has been announced by Government which will put a laptop, software and a digital projector in every classroom.

An eminent college head has claimed that teacher training courses in Ireland are “overcrowded and far too short by international standards”.

The current academic year has seen a rise of 8.3 per cent in the numbers of students accepting college places through the Central Applications Office.

Next month, Education Minister Batt O’Keeffe will receive a paper from his advisory body, the NCCA, outlining options for a new Junior Cert exam.

Teachers in the Cork area will soon be able to avail of an text alert service warning them of the presence of paedophiles in and around their schools.

Teachers in the Cork area will soon be able to avail of a text alert service which will warn them of the presence of paedophiles in and around their schools.

A new education campaign, launched on Nov 3, brings together parents and teachers and calls for a target investment in education of 7 per cent of GDP.

The Junior Certificate exam is likely to continue for a further three years - allowing current first-years to complete the cycle - and then be scrapped.

The 49m euro research building at Tyndall Institute was opened on Nov 2 by Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise Trade and Employment, Mary Coughlan.