Management body gets legal advice on grant cuts
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The JMB, which represents up to 400 secondary schools, is awaiting legal advice on whether some grant cuts would breach the 1998 Education Act. Read more » |
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The JMB, which represents up to 400 secondary schools, is awaiting legal advice on whether some grant cuts would breach the 1998 Education Act. Read more » |
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The Minister for Education and Science Batt O’Keeffe outlines the rationale behind the stringent measures announced in Budget 2009 for the education sector. Read more » |
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Minister O’Keeffe has promised to publish on the internet the list of schools scheduled for building, along with their prioritisation within the programme. Read more » |
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Right Rev Ken Good, Bishop of Derry and Raphoe, said the Budget proposals break a 1968 agreement reached by the church with the State. Read more » |
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Fine Gael Education spokesman Brian Hayes outlined 32 cuts in education not mentioned by Minister Brian Lenihan in his budget speech. Read more » |
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In outlining the Budget measures, Minister Batt O’Keeffe called on the education partners to “work with him in collectively meeting challenges”. Read more » |
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An OECD report confirms that Irish primary teachers teach some of the largest classes in the developed world, and also have longer teaching hours. Read more » |
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In a confidential paper, the Catholic Church makes clear it is seeking control if its “fair share” of new second-level schools in “greenfield” areas. Read more » |
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Members of North Tipperary Vocational Education Committee (VEC) have unanimously agreed to seek an urgent meeting with Minister Batt O’Keeffe. Read more » |
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Twenty-six schools have builders at the ready but cannot get the promised cash from the Department, according to information revealed by Brian Hayes. Read more » |
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Why do voluntary secondary schools receive 98 euro less in public funding per pupil per annum than schools in the other two post-primary sectors? Read more » |
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Extracts from the address by Noel Merrick, President AMCSS/JMB, to the annual conference of the Association of Management of Catholic Secondary Schools held in Galway on May 1. Read more » |
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The first Catholic state-funded academy, catering for children from age three to sixteen, has been formally opened in London by Bishop Patrick Lynch. Read more » |
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A joint statement from the National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals (NAPD) and the Irish Primary Principals’ Network (IPPN). Read more » |
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The fact that the Department of Education has no detailed view of the school network for which it is responsible has been dubbed “a major failure”. Read more » |
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The Department of Education has dismayed the education community and employers by backtracking on its decision to introduce three new syllabi. Read more » |