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Zappone announces funding for 3,600 new childcare places
Funding will be made available to childcare centres, crèches and other childcare facilities.
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Funding will be made available to childcare centres, crèches and other childcare facilities.
The university bribery scandal in the US shows how far some parents will go to secure their child’s college place, writes Caoimhín De Barra.
Carter won a case against the State Examinations Commission over the recheck of her Leaving Cert exam.
The July Provision Scheme provides funding for extended schooling for children with ASD and severe/profound learning disability.
There has been a 45% increase in students from non-EEA countries since 2013.
Despite our policy of focusing on the smart economy and jobs in technology – no strategy exists to promote the learning of our brightest students, writes Colm O’Reilly.
New research found the local drug economy – unlike precarious work – recruits young people by incentivising and enticing them.
The expense runs into thousands for students who spend two months in the Gaeltacht.
A new scheme aimed at teaching pupils a second language was announced today.
Burke is a campaigner, advocate and academic, and last year became a contributing editor at fashion magazine Vogue UK.
The woman, who is in her 30s, was convicted at Dublin District Court of neglecting the boy’s education.
This is the first time such a scheme will be made available to students in Deis secondary schools.
That’s according to a study published in the British Journal of Sociology of Education
It was claimed earlier this week that pupils would not celebrate Christmas at Educate Together schools.
It has been claimed that a move away from Catholic patronage in schools means these holidays would no longer be marked with events.
It has been claimed by one gaelscoil that Irish greetings like dia duit would no longer be allowed.
The party is bringing forward a private members motion on the matter in the Dáil tomorrow.
A total of 73,034 applications were received by CAO by the due date on 1 February.
Compared with other subjects Irish is not badly taught. More students got a B1 or higher in Irish than in French and German combined, writes Caoimhín De Barra.
“It would especially benefit children from public schools around the country and level the playing pitch for them.”
The patronage of the schools was recommended by the New Schools Establishment Group.
There were no reports of sexual assault by students in half of Irish colleges between 2012 and 2018.
Three-quarters of students complete their courses, with women more likely than men to finish.
The programme will allow an “increased cohort” of Palestinian students to study in Ireland, the Tánaiste said.
This new research suggests the advantages of living in a bilingual home begin from the very earliest stage of development.
The issue has affected a number of substitute teachers who were paid in the first and second pay runs of 2019.
Fianna Fáil education spokesperson Thomas Byrne has claimed poor training and insufficient pay was behind the drop in the supply.
The new Bachelor of Education programme is the first of its kind in Ireland.
A campaign has begun this year to try to increase school secretaries’ pay – but is it so varied in the first place?
New figures show that Ireland’s undergraduate population has grown by 8% over the last five years.
The Economic and Social Research has carried out an early analysis of the grading scheme.
New research has found that four in 10 children in Ireland own a mobile phone by the age of nine.
More than 4,200 students entered the competition this year.
In other countries excessive bureaucracy has led to the demoralisation of teachers, writes ASTI President Breda Lynch.
I believe that the unions are targeting industrial action at a minority and that this sets a worrying precedent for all minority groups, writes Adam Harris.
Despite this, just under 80% of principals, deputy principals and teachers do not believe that a teacher should correct their own students’ exams.
‘Brexit is a tangible manifestation of the enduring power of idealised versions of history to lead otherwise well-meaning and right-thinking people astray,’ writes Matthew Murphy.
Over 2,100 responses were submitted in the weeks before Christmas, so the government has extended the deadline for submissions.
“I was in the dole office before Christmas to sign on, and it takes ages each year,” one school secretary said.