# department-of-education - Friday 2 May, 2014
# Grand Designs
# Grand Designs
In total, 386 schools all across the country will receive the funding.
# department-of-education - Wednesday 23 April, 2014
# Under Fire
# Under Fire
Meanwhile, the Department of Education has denied that the Minister was trying to suggest a higher level maths requirement would get more men into the teaching profession.
# department-of-education - Monday 21 April, 2014
# Reform
# Reform
The number of grading bands would be reduced from 14 to eight.
# department-of-education - Saturday 8 March, 2014
# Rathfarnham
# Rathfarnham
The disused building — where Mother Teresa studied English — was purchased by the Department of Education this week from NAMA.
# department-of-education - Monday 10 February, 2014
# Childhood Obesity
# Childhood Obesity
Frances Fitzgerald said that schools should “move in the direction” of health foods but admitted that some schools have vending machine contracts in place.
# department-of-education - Friday 7 February, 2014
# Cross-party Support
# Cross-party Support
The Independent bill would mean pupils with Down Syndrome in mainstream schools are guaranteed resource teaching and the Government aren’t objecting.
# department-of-education - Tuesday 21 January, 2014
# Junior Cert Reform
# Junior Cert Reform
The short course will be available in schools from September 2014 and schools can opt in as to whether to adopt it.
# department-of-education - Monday 13 January, 2014
# Withdrawal Room
# Withdrawal Room
One child was locked into a small, converted bathroom, for 90 minutes for falling behind on work.
# department-of-education - Thursday 9 January, 2014
# Book Scheme
# Book Scheme
“If I get extra money of course they will but I’ve concentrated so that every child going to primary school can access a book rental scheme,” the Minister said today.
# department-of-education - Monday 6 January, 2014
# Broadband
# Broadband
Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte and Education Minister Ruairí Quinn made the pledge today.
# department-of-education - Saturday 28 December, 2013
# Prefabs
# Prefabs
The Department of Education said the cost renting school accommodation has dropped dramatically in the last four years.
# department-of-education - Monday 9 December, 2013
# SCHOOL DAYS
# SCHOOL DAYS
The questionnaire aims to find out if parents want their children wearing school uniforms and, if so, what type they would like them to wear.
# department-of-education - Tuesday 3 December, 2013
# SNAs
# SNAs
The decision has been welcomed by the trade union representing the majority of SNAs.
# Education
# Education
A report today pointed to improvement in these areas since 2009 but the Minister for Education said we are not in the top league yet and cannot be complacent.
# department-of-education - Monday 18 November, 2013
# Courts
# Courts
The two mothers have been granted leave to challenge the current rules on resource hours for children with Down Syndrome in the High Court next month.
# department-of-education - Tuesday 12 November, 2013
# Teachers
# Teachers
The new proposals on the Haddington Road Agreement are the result of talks between union representatives and the department.
# department-of-education - Monday 11 November, 2013
# ASTI
# ASTI
The discussions have come about as a result of informal talks that took place between the parties last week.
# department-of-education - Friday 1 November, 2013
# Education
# Education
Qualified teachers employed on the scheme would have earned less than €7 an hour.
# department-of-education - Wednesday 23 October, 2013
# Education
# Education
A comprehensive study by the think-tank shows that voluntary schools are far more reliant on contributions from parents than other schools.
# department-of-education - Sunday 20 October, 2013
# Education
# Education
A recent report found that more than 2,500 schoolchildren only made it as far as first or second year in 2010.
# department-of-education - Saturday 5 October, 2013
# Schools
# Schools
The Department of Education also has spent over €110 million in costs directly associated with transition year over the past couple of years.
# department-of-education - Wednesday 4 September, 2013
# Education
# Education
Over 9,000 students are in classes of over 35 as average class sizes have risen.
# department-of-education - Friday 23 August, 2013
# Child Benefit
# Child Benefit
TD Denis Naughten has said the payment of €130 would remain intact but would be based on school attendance under his proposal which he said could also help reduce truancy.
# department-of-education - Monday 19 August, 2013
# Budget 2014
# Budget 2014
Fianna Fáil TD Charlie McConalogue has raised concerns about spending cuts proposed by Education Minister Ruairí Quinn ahead of October’s Budget, but Labour says he’s trying to “increase his personal profile”.
# department-of-education - Monday 12 August, 2013
# Leaving Cert
# Leaving Cert
The minister had ordered that the SEC take the errors into account when marking the exam. Results are due out on Wednesday.
# department-of-education - Monday 29 July, 2013
# Payback
# Payback
Arrears totalling €4 million have been repaid, after problems calculating rates for new teachers last year.
# department-of-education - Saturday 27 July, 2013
# Athlone
# Athlone
The Department of Education has said that schools can participate in the scheme – but not use it to displace staff or fill a current vacancy.
# department-of-education - Tuesday 7 May, 2013
# Opinion
# Opinion
TV shows like ‘The Tudors’ and ‘Rome’ show that history is more popular than ever – yet, under proposed changes to the Junior Certificate, history could become an optional subject or short course. It makes no sense, writes teacher Christian O’Connor.
# Education
# Education
The research from the Department of Eduction says that more students from fee-paying secondary schools progress directly to higher education.
# department-of-education - Monday 22 April, 2013
# Protest
# Protest
St Anne’s national school in Ardclough, Kildare was “completed” in December 2011 but remains vacant because minor problems uncovered during an inspection remain unfixed.
# department-of-education - Wednesday 3 April, 2013
# Education
# Education
The minister is to publish a bill which will curtail the “over-use of preferential treatment” in the enrolment process.
# department-of-education - Tuesday 2 April, 2013
# Patronage
# Patronage
The change comes after surveys were carried out in 38 towns across the country.
# department-of-education - Monday 1 April, 2013
# Education
# Education
The Green Party has called on the Education Minister to avoid implementing recommendations that may lead to the closure of rural schools.
# department-of-education - Thursday 28 March, 2013
# Leaving Cert
# Leaving Cert
Plans include reducing the number of degree programmes, cutting grade bands and changing the predictability of exams.
# department-of-education - Tuesday 5 March, 2013
# Your Say
# Your Say
Ireland’s fee-paying schools have €81.3 million more than public schools to spend on extra teachers, facilities and extracurricular activities. Is it time to stop their subsidisation?
# department-of-education - Friday 1 March, 2013
# Your Say
# Your Say
Coalition parties are divided over new proposals to broaden the criteria for the means testing of third level grants.
# department-of-education - Tuesday 29 January, 2013
# Bullying
# Bullying
Ministers Ruairí Quinn and Frances Fitzgerald will unveil the Action Plan on Bullying later today, including plans for all schools to keep a formal record of bullying incidents.
# department-of-education - Monday 21 January, 2013
# Bullying
# Bullying
The Department of Education will also release mental health guidelines for post-primary schools in the near future.
# department-of-education - Monday 14 January, 2013
# Your Say
# Your Say
Parents in 38 Irish towns are voting on the type of school they want to send their children to but what do you think?
# department-of-education - Tuesday 8 January, 2013
# Education
# Education
Schoolchildren throughout Ireland can now access the online version of the encyclopaedia from their home.
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