# teaching

All time

Girls' primary schools spend more time teaching religion - study

An ESRI study examining the use of classroom time in primary schools shows boys spend more time on PE, history and geography.

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Jan 18th 2012, 3:09 PM

Voices

Column: Why we need career guidance counsellors - and why all the stereotypes are wrong

“The double-jobbing teacher”, “the leaflet pusher” – student guidance counsellor Pamela O’Leary has heard all the stereotypes about her profession but says cuts to the service will hurt vulnerable children most.

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Jan 15th 2012, 6:00 PM

# Budget 2012

Quinn announces review of cuts to DEIS teacher numbers

Education minister Ruairí Quinn says he will seek a report on the Budget’s impact on teaching posts in disadvantaged schools.

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Jan 12th 2012, 6:53 PM

# Teachers

Teachers play down reports of tax investigation over grind fees

ASTI said that undeclared income was not a “widespread issue” among teachers.

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Jan 9th 2012, 4:01 PM

# Finland

16 surprising facts about Finland's unorthodox education system

Here’s what makes Finland’s system so different from other western states.

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Dec 16th 2011, 8:00 AM

# Family affair

Get your Ma and Da online with Google's new website

GetYourFolksOnline.ie is a tool so younger people can help their parents (and grandparents) learn how to use the Internet.

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Nov 26th 2011, 9:15 AM

# Junior Cert

Junior Cert to be significantly changed under new scheme

Minister of Education gives his approval to NCCA’s proposals to change the focus of the Junior Cert from rote learning and state exams.

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Nov 3rd 2011, 12:05 PM

Voices

Column: If teachers are overpaid, why am I waitressing to support myself?

Education will shape Ireland’s future – but with disappearing jobs and growing classes, teaching in a recession is no picnic, writes Polly Donoghue.

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Oct 7th 2011, 7:29 AM

# Public Pensions

Teachers attack 'larcenous' and 'unjust' plans for public pension reform

Unions claim a new reform of pensions mean that new teachers will pay more into their pension funds than they’ll get back out.

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Sep 30th 2011, 8:52 AM

# Pupil-teacher ratio

85 per cent of primary pupils 'in classes larger than EU average'

The INTO says the figures are “shocking”, and should serve as a “wake-up call” to the government ahead of the next Budget.

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Sep 26th 2011, 9:44 AM

Voices

Column: State of our education system is a national emergency

Irish education standards are going backwards, says independent TD Stephen Donnelly – here he suggests some radical changes needed to reverse that decline and secure a prosperous future for the country.

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Sep 20th 2011, 7:00 PM

# Public Sector

Up to 9,000 public sector workers set to retire amid pension changes

Changes to pension calculations are likely to see an increasing number of public servants seek retirement this year.

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Sep 4th 2011, 3:15 PM

# Education

Ruairi Quinn: Michael Noonan has a tougher job than Michael Collins...

The Education Minister warns secondary school teachers that budgets are tight as the State’s first Finance Minister Collins had “more room for manouevre” than his most recent successor.

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Apr 26th 2011, 6:34 PM