Outdated classrooms hamper students’ learning
|
New ESRI study finds that most Irish primary school classrooms are not designed to be student-centred or to accommodate new technology. Read more » |
|
New ESRI study finds that most Irish primary school classrooms are not designed to be student-centred or to accommodate new technology. Read more » |
|
As the number of full time students in Ireland reaches the million mark for the first time in the history of the State, new teaching positions come on stream. Read more » |
|
Schools are being charged one-third more for gas than they should be because they are treated as businesses, Fine Gael TD Brian Hayes says. Read more » |
|
The number of Language Support teachers in primary schools has dropped from 1620 last year to 1182 this year, Minister Batt O’Keeffe has admitted. Read more » |
|
Approval has been given for new Catholic schools in Drogheda and Galway under the patronage of Cardinal Sean Brady and Bishop Martin Drennan. Read more » |
|
The AGM of the Catholic Primary School Management Association (CPSMA) was held in Radisson SAS Hotel, Dublin Airport, on 24 April 2009. Read more » |
|
Ruairi Quinn TD has called on the Government to act now to protect the infrastructure of primary schools which are largely owned by the Churches. Read more » |
|
Minister for Education Batt O’Keeffe has stated that last year the Government spent more than €50 milllion on temporary prefabs. Read more » |
|
Minister O’Keeffe has claimed that 3,300 construction jobs could be created in 2009 by the Government’s €900 million school building programme. Read more » |
|
As figures show the State spent EUR454m on school transport between 2005 and 2007, Fianna Fail TD Chris Andrews calls for the scheme to be revised. Read more » |
|
Senator David Norris has said he intends to pursue the case of The Glebe Primary Montessori School, Celbridge, with the Department of Education. Read more » |
|
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 » |
|
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 » |
|
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 » |
|
Fine Gael Education spokesman Brian Hayes outlined 32 cuts in education not mentioned by Minister Brian Lenihan in his budget speech. Read more » |
|
In outlining the Budget measures, Minister Batt O’Keeffe called on the education partners to “work with him in collectively meeting challenges”. Read more » |
|
With only a fortnight left to the application deadline for the Summers Works Scheme, no forms have yet been made available by the Department. Read more » |
|
October 15 is an important date for all with an interest in School Age Care, when an exciting conference on the subject will be held in Maynooth. Read more » |
|
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 » |
|
Minister Batt O’Keeffe seeks to convince educators that the government strategy on class size is working – but the figures speak for themselves. Read more » |