Provision

Department’s silence on building plans deplored

Twenty-six schools have builders at the ready but cannot get the promised cash from the Department, according to information revealed by Brian Hayes.

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The financial crisis in voluntary secondary schools

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?

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The scandal of education underfunding by the state

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.

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Catholic state-funded school opens in London

The first Catholic state-funded academy, catering for children from age three to sixteen, has been formally opened in London by Bishop Patrick Lynch.

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OECD report backs principals’ claims

A joint statement from the National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals (NAPD) and the Irish Primary Principals’ Network (IPPN).

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Department has no inventory of school accommodation

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”.

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Department lacks funds for promised technology syllabi

The Department of Education has dismayed the education community and employers by backtracking on its decision to introduce three new syllabi.

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