# 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.
# education - Tuesday 15 October, 2019
# Better Than One
# Better Than One
The goal is to create a new unique, disruptive technological university.
# education - Monday 14 October, 2019
# Legal Action
# Legal Action
Some 42 schools constructed by Western Building Systems have been at the centre of a safety probe.
# education - Thursday 10 October, 2019
# Múinteoirí
# Múinteoirí
Minister Joe McHugh announced the measure in his department’s Budget 2020 briefing.
# education - Monday 7 October, 2019
# July Provision
# July Provision
The scheme provides funding towards extra schooling in July for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder or severe learning disability.
# education - Saturday 5 October, 2019
# Opinion
# Opinion
The cost of accommodation, grant reductions and rising fees are causing real challenges to young people.
# education - Thursday 3 October, 2019
# Opinion
# Opinion
Aspects of Irish history are conspicuous by their absence from the syllabus, writes Caoimhín de Barra.
# education - Wednesday 2 October, 2019
# WRC
# WRC
The dispute centres around the fact that only a few hundred of the country’s 3,500 secretaries are paid directly by the Department.
# education - Thursday 26 September, 2019
# Childcare
# Childcare
More than half of people working in the sector are actively looking for another job.
# education - Monday 16 September, 2019
# Exclusive
# Exclusive
Staff at the school have raised a number of issues about pay and conditions.
# education - Thursday 12 September, 2019
# Dundalk
# Dundalk
The board has said teacher shortages led to the decision to have most subjects taught in English.
# education - Sunday 8 September, 2019
# Equal Pay
# Equal Pay
The Department said that they’ve received calls on the issue, where they advise secretaries on what action they can take.
# education - Tuesday 3 September, 2019
# Oideachas
# Oideachas
“I want to help address the imbalance in the availability of Irish-medium education,” Education Minister Joe McHugh said.
# education - Monday 2 September, 2019
# Delayed
# Delayed
Traditionally, students receive their results in the middle of September.
# education - Friday 30 August, 2019
# Last Chance Saloon
# Last Chance Saloon
The increase comes after last year’s legal challenge.
# education - Tuesday 27 August, 2019
# Education
# Education
Those without stable student accommodation were likely to suffer from anxiety (50.0%) and depression (77.8%).
# education - Wednesday 21 August, 2019
# Opinion
# Opinion
As things stand, the contribution is needed to keep school doors open, writes Joseph A Moynihan.
# education - Monday 19 August, 2019
# Education
# Education
Organisations have said young people with a disability will have “a further barrier to equality placed before them”.
# education - Sunday 18 August, 2019
# Analysis
# Analysis
Comments by two Fine Gael ministers this week landed them in hot water with students.
# education - Saturday 17 August, 2019
# Delays
# Delays
Concerns have been raised about the length of time it takes to process teachers’ appointments.
# education - Thursday 15 August, 2019
# Nutrition
# Nutrition
36 schools have been chosen to participate in the new pilot project.
# education - Wednesday 14 August, 2019
# Dishonour
# Dishonour
Analysis of awards from Irish third-level institutions by Noteworthy.ie uncovers an upward trend in grades handed to students.
# education - Monday 12 August, 2019
# Education
# Education
IQ levels and psychological assessments are no longer a factor.
