At a meeting between the Catholic Commission on Education and Education Minister Batt O’Keeffe, reassurances were given about religious instruction.

Comhthionscadal is ea Séideán Sí idir An Gúm/Foras na Gaeilge agus an Roinn Oideachais agus Eolaíochta maidir le foilsiú áiseanna teagaisc Ghaeilge…

A top south west London boys’ school has adopted a policy of limiting homework to 40 minutes per night, plus 20 minutes of independent learning.

BT is encouraging students across Ireland to start working on their entries and be in with a chance to secure one of 100 coveted awards.

Nobel Prize winner, Sir Clive Granger, launched a programme at IT Tralee that will support the teaching of mathematics in primary schools.

A new website has been launched, aimed at helping parents and teachers to educate children between the ages of five and seven about money.

The National Education Trust has offered to train UK schools to run an emotional support programme which helps shy children develop confidence.

In a pastoral letter issued on May 12, the Catholic bishops stressed that religious education is an essential part of the curriculum in Catholic schools.

A new report on primary science teaching states that children are enthusiastic but have too few opportunities for hands-on application of skills.

Education Minister Mary Hanafin recently sent a letter to schools, parents’ organisations and teachers’ unions seeking consultation and proposals…

Research reveals that learning a musical instrument not only stimulates a young child’s creative processes but also boosts academic performance.

A meeting which took place last night between Fianna Fail backbenchers and Education Minister Mary Hanafin failed to change the minister’s mind.

A statement by Sean Cottrell, Director of IPPN, expresses the extreme frustration of principals at the continuing lack of a strategy for ICT in schools.

A new report on diversity in a multi-ethnic primary school in Clondalkin identifies language as the greatest challenge to effective teaching.

Lift Off is a human rights educational initiative which teaches children about human rights and is likely to improve their behaviour and attitudes.

A Fine Gael TD has warned that young children are being harmed by heavy schoolbags that can weigh as much as 10% of their own body weight.

The geology department at Trinity College is arranging delivery of the 60,000 pieces of six common kinds of rock to all primary and post-primary schools.

A survey carried out by a UK industry body reveals that most parents and teachers think personal finance should be taught in British schools.

A programme which offers teachers places on research projects in third level colleges has been announced by Micheál Martin, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment.

The biggest review of the British primary curriculum in a decade is to be carried out after increasing concern that the system - especially constant test preparation - is creating unhappy and anti-social children.