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The new technological university will be formed by Cork Institute of Technology and Institute of Technology Tralee.
One secondary school teacher says now is also an opportunity to reimagine a new way of educating Irish students.
Education Minister Joe McHugh has welcomed the development.
Ken Cowley, a parent and business owner, believes it’s time NPHET considered a careful reopening of schools.
The UK university has said it is “likely” that social distancing will continue to be required.
Education Minister Joe McHugh defended the decision to cancel this year’s Leaving Certificate.
Schools and colleges have been shut since March.
However, concerns have been raised about the legality of predicted grades.
There’s a growing feeling among parents and students that the Leaving Cert should be cancelled.
Most students want the exams to be cancelled, according to a new survey.
It is expected that the Leaving Certificate exams will still go ahead from 29 July.
Plans to hold a school-based version of the Junior Cert in the autumn have been cancelled.
The Taoiseach will answer questions about the public health emergency.
The Leaving Cert has been postponed from its usual June period to late July or early August.
More than 700 university students answered a new survey about the Covid-19 pandemic.
One secondary school teacher describes the swift and extraordinary changes that she and her students are adjusting to.
Online exams or rescheduled exams will take place instead.
The Department is deferring the introduction of the new model due to disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
The ‘Home School Hub’ will be aired each morning from 11am to 12 noon on RTÉ2.
Parents throughout Ireland are facing new and difficult challenges. What advice is there from those who’ve been doing this for years?
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said that there was a very good chance state exams would go ahead as planned this summer.
The Minister for Education acknowledged that many children rely on programmes such as the breakfast club at their schools.
The news was announced by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in the United States this morning.
A total of 72,973 applications were received by CAO by the due date on 1 February.
Teenagers have previously spoken to TheJournal.ie about the presentations in secondary schools – in one case a group was told condoms fail one in six times.
Gaelscoileanna increased in numbers in the last 40 years, and now we have young business leaders with a passion for Gaeilge, writes Daithí de Buitléir.
Ireland ranked 10th out of 15 comparable countries on a UN Sustainable Progress Index.
Our schools may be Catholic, but young Irish families, increasingly, are not, writes David Graham of Education Equality.
Apprenticeships are changing – but attitudes to them need to catch up.
Talks between the Department of Education and trade union Fórsa are still ongoing at the Workplace Relations Commission.
Thousands of students from all over Europe, including the Republic of Ireland, go to the UK as part of the programme each year, and vice versa.
Rallies have been organised at a number of locations including at Leinster House and at the minister’s Donegal constituency offices.
Almost 940,000 pupils are enrolled in primary and post-primary schools in Ireland.
The six schools are due to open in September 2020.
Talks broke down between the Department of Education and Fórsa at the Workplace Relations Commission this week.
Ireland’s students among top performers in reading, science and maths, but are more dissatisfied with their lives.
Mr Justice Ryan said the claim that 170,000 were admitted to institutional school is, in fact, closer to 42,000.
Parents and teachers need to be better equipped to talk to young people about sex and relationships, Noeline Blackwell has said.
Failings in the school system increase the risk of homelessness, according to a new study.