# education - Thursday 28 May, 2020
# Schools
# Schools
The deadline to register has been extended until midday tomorrow.
# education - Tuesday 26 May, 2020
# College Times
# College Times
The new technological university will be formed by Cork Institute of Technology and Institute of Technology Tralee.
# education - Saturday 23 May, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
One secondary school teacher says now is also an opportunity to reimagine a new way of educating Irish students.
# education - Friday 22 May, 2020
# Indemnity
# Indemnity
Education Minister Joe McHugh has welcomed the development.
# education - Wednesday 20 May, 2020
# Education
# Education
Ken Cowley, a parent and business owner, believes it’s time NPHET considered a careful reopening of schools.
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
The UK university has said it is “likely” that social distancing will continue to be required.
# education - Wednesday 13 May, 2020
# Leaving Cert
# Leaving Cert
Education Minister Joe McHugh defended the decision to cancel this year’s Leaving Certificate.
# education - Sunday 10 May, 2020
# Joe McHugh
# Joe McHugh
Schools and colleges have been shut since March.
# education - Thursday 7 May, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
However, concerns have been raised about the legality of predicted grades.
# Education
# Education
There’s a growing feeling among parents and students that the Leaving Cert should be cancelled.
# education - Wednesday 6 May, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
Most students want the exams to be cancelled, according to a new survey.
# education - Friday 1 May, 2020
# Education
# Education
It is expected that the Leaving Certificate exams will still go ahead from 29 July.
# education - Wednesday 29 April, 2020
# State Exams
# State Exams
Plans to hold a school-based version of the Junior Cert in the autumn have been cancelled.
# education - Thursday 23 April, 2020
# Leinster House
# Leinster House
The Taoiseach will answer questions about the public health emergency.
# education - Tuesday 14 April, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
The Leaving Cert has been postponed from its usual June period to late July or early August.
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
More than 700 university students answered a new survey about the Covid-19 pandemic.
# education - Wednesday 8 April, 2020
# Homeschooling
# Homeschooling
One secondary school teacher describes the swift and extraordinary changes that she and her students are adjusting to.
# Higher Education
# Higher Education
Online exams or rescheduled exams will take place instead.
# education - Thursday 2 April, 2020
# Education
# Education
The Department is deferring the introduction of the new model due to disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
# education - Monday 30 March, 2020
# Home School Hub
# Home School Hub
The ‘Home School Hub’ will be aired each morning from 11am to 12 noon on RTÉ2.
# education - Wednesday 25 March, 2020
# Homeschooling
# Homeschooling
Parents throughout Ireland are facing new and difficult challenges. What advice is there from those who’ve been doing this for years?
# education - Tuesday 24 March, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said that there was a very good chance state exams would go ahead as planned this summer.
# education - Thursday 19 March, 2020
# Breakfast Clubs
# Breakfast Clubs
The Minister for Education acknowledged that many children rely on programmes such as the breakfast club at their schools.
# education - Thursday 12 March, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
The news was announced by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in the United States this morning.
# education - Tuesday 10 March, 2020
# Cao Applications
# Cao Applications
A total of 72,973 applications were received by CAO by the due date on 1 February.
# education - Saturday 7 March, 2020
# Pure In Heart
# Pure In Heart
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.
# education - Wednesday 4 March, 2020
# Gaelscoileanna
# Gaelscoileanna
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.
# education - Friday 21 February, 2020
# Social Justice Ireland
# Social Justice Ireland
Ireland ranked 10th out of 15 comparable countries on a UN Sustainable Progress Index.
# education - Wednesday 5 February, 2020
# Religious Education
# Religious Education
Our schools may be Catholic, but young Irish families, increasingly, are not, writes David Graham of Education Equality.
# education - Friday 17 January, 2020
# 21st Century Workplace
# 21st Century Workplace
Apprenticeships are changing – but attitudes to them need to catch up.
# education - Friday 10 January, 2020
# Education Minister
# Education Minister
Talks between the Department of Education and trade union Fórsa are still ongoing at the Workplace Relations Commission.
# House Of Commons
# House Of Commons
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.
# education - Thursday 9 January, 2020
# Pay Gap
# Pay Gap
Rallies have been organised at a number of locations including at Leinster House and at the minister’s Donegal constituency offices.
# education - Monday 23 December, 2019
# Education
# Education
Almost 940,000 pupils are enrolled in primary and post-primary schools in Ireland.
# education - Tuesday 17 December, 2019
# Secondary SChools
# Secondary SChools
The six schools are due to open in September 2020.
# education - Friday 13 December, 2019
# Department Of Education
# Department Of Education
Talks broke down between the Department of Education and Fórsa at the Workplace Relations Commission this week.
# education - Tuesday 3 December, 2019
# Education
# Education
Ireland’s students among top performers in reading, science and maths, but are more dissatisfied with their lives.
# education - Tuesday 26 November, 2019
# Child Abuse
# Child Abuse
Mr Justice Ryan said the claim that 170,000 were admitted to institutional school is, in fact, closer to 42,000.
# education - Sunday 10 November, 2019
# Smartphones
# Smartphones
Parents and teachers need to be better equipped to talk to young people about sex and relationships, Noeline Blackwell has said.
# education - Wednesday 6 November, 2019
# Homelessness
# Homelessness
Failings in the school system increase the risk of homelessness, according to a new study.
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