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Report published on use of reduced school days
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 22/09/2023.Tags: Teachers
Minister for Education Norma Foley TD and Minister of State for Special Education and Inclusion Josepha Madigan TD have today ( 21 September 2023) published 2 reports on the data received from Tusla Education Support Services on the use of reduced school days (RSD) since the guidelines were introduced on January 1st 2022. ... click to read full post & comments
Update to Senior Cycle Redevelopment
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 20/09/2023.Tags: Parenting Teachers
The Minister for Education, Norma Foley TD, today 20 September 2023, announces an updated programme for Senior Cycle Redevelopment. ... click to read full post & comments
Primary School Reps Call for Increased Funding of 50%
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 12/09/2023.Tags: Parenting Teachers
In last year’s budget, Minister for Education Norma Foley TD increased the primary school capitation grant to €258 per pupil to assist schools in dealing with the myriad of financial pressures facing school communities. ... click to read full post & comments
Junior Cycle Exam Results Due on 18 October
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 11/09/2023.Tags: Parenting Teachers
Minister for Education Norma Foley has announced the Junior Cycle exam results are due out on 18th October 2023. ... click to read full post & comments
New Primary Mathematics Curriculum Launched
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 11/09/2023.Tags: Teachers Parenting
Minister for Education Norma Foley TD today launches the new Primary Mathematics Curriculum for all primary and special schools. ... click to read full post & comments
ASTI on failure to address teacher recruitment & retention crisis
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 15/08/2023.Tags: Teachers
The teacher recruitment and retention crisis means that schools are under enormous strain and are at a critical point. ... click to read full post & comments
Consultation Process for new Traveller & Roma Education Strategy
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 17/07/2023.Tags: Parenting Teachers
Minister for Education Norma Foley TD today opened a public consultation process to inform development of the new Traveller and Roma Education Strategy. ... click to read full post & comments
New Leaving Cert Sex Ed Curriculum launched
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound on 13/07/2023.Tags: Parenting Teachers
According to the NCCA, arising from the review of Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) in primary and post-primary schools, the need to update the Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE) curriculum was identified as ... click to read full post & comments
OECD review to address educational disadvantage
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 10/07/2023.Tags: Teachers
Minister for Education Norma Foley TD has today, 10 July, announced that she has invited the OECD to conduct a review of Ireland’s Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools (DEIS) resource allocation policy. ... click to read full post & comments
Degree Programmes available outside Points System
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 07/07/2023.Tags: Parenting Teachers
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris today launched a landmark change to ensure undergraduate students, for the first time, can earn a university degree outside the points system. ... click to read full post & comments
Second Strand of Counselling & Mental Health Supports
Posted by SchoolDays newshound, on 26/06/2023.Tags: Parenting Teachers
Minister for Education Norma Foley TD has announced details of the second strand of a landmark programme of counselling and wellbeing/mental health supports to be piloted in a number of primary schools across the country from September 2023. ... click to read full post & comments
Details of My Little Library 2023 announced
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 08/06/2023.Tags: Teachers Education And Politics
Roderic O’ Gorman, Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, together with Heather Humphreys, Minister for Rural and Community Development, today launched #MyLittleLibrary2023. ... click to read full post & comments
New contracts for Irish-medium teacher education programmes
Posted by SchoolDays NewsHound on 07/06/2023.Tags: Teachers
Ministers wish candidates good wishes for state examinations
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 07/06/2023.Tags: Parenting Teachers
Minister for Education Norma Foley, Minister of State for Special Education and Inclusion Josepha Madigan and Minister of State for Sport and Physical Education Thomas Byrne have extended good luck and best wishes to all candidates ... click to read full post & comments
Winners of the Good Friday Agreement Schools’ Competition
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 06/06/2023.Tags: Teachers
In February, Minister for Education, Norma Foley launched a competition to encourage students to reflect on the 25th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement by submitting artwork, poetry, or visual and digital works, exploring the theme of ‘The Gift of Peace and the responsibility that comes with it’ ... click to read full post & comments
Pilot programme of counselling & mental health supports
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 01/06/2023.Tags: Parenting Teachers
Minister for Education Norma Foley TD has today, Wednesday 31 May, announced the establishment of a landmark programme of counselling and mental health supports to be piloted in a series of primary schools from September 2023. ... click to read full post & comments
Leaving Cert Results Date Confirmed
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 24/05/2023.Tags: Parenting Teachers
Minister for Education Norma Foley TD has today confirmed that the date the State Examinations Commission intends to issue the Leaving Certificate 2023 results is Friday, 25 August 2023. ... click to read full post & comments
Ireland is a Top Performing Literacy Country
Posted by SchooldDays Newshound, on 16/05/2023.Tags: Parenting Teachers
Minister for Education Norma Foley TD has today, Tuesday 16 May launched the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2021[END INTRO], The National Assessments of Mathematics and English Reading (NAMER) 2021 and the NAMER DEIS reports. ... click to read full post & comments
Payment of grants to eliminate the costs of schoolbooks
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 26/04/2023.Tags: Teachers Parenting
Minister for Education Norma Foley TD and Minister for Special Education and Inclusion Josepha Madigan TD today (26 April) announced that the payment of over €50 million ... click to read full post & comments
Launch of Active Schools Week 2023
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 24/04/2023.Tags: Teachers Parenting
Minister for Education Norma Foley TD today launched details of this year’s Active School Week, together with Ministers of State, Thomas Byrne TD and Hildegarde Naughton TD.
National Active School Week #ASW23 takes place from 24-28 April. ... click to read full post & comments
Two new Special Schools announced
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 17/04/2023.Tags: Education And Politics Teachers Parenting
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Minister for Education and Minister of State with responsibility for Special Education and Inclusion have announced the establishment of two new special schools as part of a comprehensive update on enhanced education provision for students with special educational needs. ... click to read full post & comments
Minister launches Action Plan for Bullying
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 10/04/2023.Tags: Education And Politics Parenting Teachers
Minister for Education Norma Foley launched the Implementation Plan for Cineáltas: Action Plan on Bullying on 9th April 2023. This is the Department of Education’s whole-education approach to preventing and addressing bullying in schools.
Four key areas of the implementation plan are ... click to read full post & comments
Report recommends Hot School Meals universal by 2030
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 30/03/2023.Tags: Parenting Teachers Education And Politics
600 extra teacher course places to become available
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 27/03/2023.Tags: Teachers Education & Politics
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Minister for Education Norma Foley announces the approval of 610 additional places on primary initial teacher education (ITE) programmes over two years.
Following engagement with the relevant higher education institutions providing initial teacher education, the Minister has approved ... click to read full post & comments
Minister Foley Launches New Primary Curriculum
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 09/03/2023.Tags: Parenting Teachers
The Minister for Education Norma Foley TD today (Thursday 9 March) launched the new Primary Curriculum Framework for all primary and special schools. ... click to read full post & comments
New Chairperson of An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 08/03/2023.Tags: Teachers
The Minister for Education Norma Foley today announced the appointment of Cathnia Ó Muircheartaigh as the Chairperson designate of An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta (COGG) for a four-year term until 28 February 2027, following a Public Appointment Service process. ... click to read full post & comments
New Primary Curriculum framework expected
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 06/03/2023.Tags: Education And Politics Parenting Teachers
The Irish Times is reporting this morning that a framework for a new primary curriculum is expected to be published soon. This will be the first major propoosed changs to the ... click to read full post & comments
5th year sittings of LCert Papers in Irish and English deferred
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 28/02/2023.Tags: Education And Politics Teachers Parenting
Plans for Leaving Certificate candidates to sit Paper 1 of their English and Irish exams at the end of fifth year have been reversed by the Minister for Education. It is expected that the Minister will advise the cabinet this morning that ... click to read full post & comments(1)
Research Shows No Advantage in Same-Sex Schools
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 22/02/2023.Tags: Parenting Teachers
New research carried out at University of Limerick has revealed that that there is ‘no significant difference’ in academic performance between those attending single sex or mixed schools. ... click to read full post & comments
Summer Programme 2023 Announced
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 10/02/2023.Tags: Parenting Teachers
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The Minister for Education Norma Foley and Minister of State for Special Education and Inclusion Josepha Madigan announced details of the 2023 Summer Programme. Once again, all schools will have an opportunity to run a programme for those children that need it the ... click to read full post & comments
Serious exam concerns must be urgently addressed
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 01/02/2023.Tags: Teachers
The Department of Education must act urgently to address teachers’ serious concerns regarding the moving of Leaving Certificate Exam Paper 1 in English and Irish to the end of fifth year for students entering fifth year this September, according to teacher unions and subject representatives. ... click to read full post & comments
Teachers who qualified abroad can apply for registration
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 31/01/2023.Tags: Teachers
To assist with teacher supply challenges in the context of the public health situation, the Teaching Council announced that, on a timebound basis, primary and post-primary teachers ... click to read full post & comments
Feeder Schools Lists published for 2022
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 14/12/2022.Tags: Teachers Parenting Education And Politics
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The college progression data or information on ‘feeder schools’ to third level for autumn 2022 is available today on Schooldays.ie providing school-by-school information on which students have progressed to which colleges this year.
To view the information on your school for the last twelve years on Schooldays.ie, visit ... click to read full post & comments
Proposals to alleviate teacher supply crisis
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 07/12/2022.Tags: Teachers
The Government was yesterday informed by Education Minister Norma Foley of a number of measures she is proposing to action to deal with the teacher supply crisis. The actions planned or under serious consideration include ... click to read full post & comments
Junior Cycle Results issue today
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 23/11/2022.Tags: Parenting Teachers
67,130 Junior Cycle students will finally receive their examination results today. In previous years results would have issued in mid-September. However due to a shortage of examiners along with covid-related arrangements for the Leaving Certificate, Junior Certificate results have been delayed until now.
Commenting on the delay in issuing the results, the SEC has said ... click to read full post & comments
School Holidays for next 3 years published
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 14/11/2022.Tags: Parenting Teachers
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The Department of Education and Science have issued a new circular is to advise managerial authorities of the agreement that has been reached between the parties to the Teachers' Conciliation Council in relation to the standardisation of the breaks at ... click to read full post & comments
Junior Cert Results Date Announced
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 18/10/2022.Tags: Parenting Teachers
The State Examinations Commission (SEC), intends to issue the 2022 Junior Cycle examination results to candidates on Wednesday 23 November 2022.
Noting the very significant examiner shortages which affected marking at both Leaving Certificate and Junior Cycle this year, the SEC has ... click to read full post & comments
INTO & TUI accept public pay deal
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 30/09/2022.Tags: Teachers
INTO and TUI have voted in faovur of public sector pay deal - see their statements below
INTO Statement
Members of Ireland’s largest teachers’ union, the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO), have voted by a significant margin to accept the proposals in the Review of Building Momentum in an electronic ballot of ... click to read full post & comments
Budget 2023 Education Update
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 28/09/2022.Tags: Parenting Teachers
A total of €9.6 billion has been allocated to the Department of Education for 2023, including a capital budget of €860 million.
This will include:
78 Schools join Creative Clusters Initiative
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 20/09/2022.Tags: Teachers Education And Politics
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The Minister for Education Norma Foley today announced the creation of 21 new 2022 Creative Clusters comprising 78 schools. Creative Clusters is an initiative taking place as part of Creative Ireland and under ... click to read full post & comments
Teacher Unions to ballot for industrial action
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 11/08/2022.Tags: Teachers
The INTO and ASTI have said they will ballot their members next month on possible industrial action to secure pay rises. Statements from both unions can be viewed below.
ASTI Statement 10th August 2022
ASTI begins preparations for public sector pay ballot
The Standing Committee of the ASTI today decided to conduct a ballot of members this September on potential industrial action over pay, in line with other public sector unions affiliated to the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU).
The ballot will form part of a coordinated campaign by public sector unions in the context of continuous high inflation and the failure of Government to make a sustainable offer at Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) discussions.
ASTI President Miriam Duggan said teachers and other public sector workers are trying to cope with hefty cost of living increases.
“A significant improvement in pay is essential to help offset spiralling inflation,” said Ms Duggan. “Teachers in common with other public sector workers are finding it difficult to make ends meet. It is very disappointing that the Government is showing such scant regard for public servants in light of all they contributed at the height of the pandemic.”
“The Government must return to the WRC with a credible proposal for unions and their members to consider.”
The ASTI is recommending that its members vote for industrial action in the ballot.
INTO Statement 10th August 2022
The Central Executive Committee (CEC) of the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) today decided to initiate a September ballot of all its members (ROI) for potential industrial action, unless the Government’s irresponsible procrastination on public-sector pay talks ends quickly with a respectable pay offer put on the table.
The decision was taken in solidarity with all workers across the public service who are battling accelerating inflation and steep increases in the cost of living, as are all Irish workers, while the Government has failed to engage in further talks with our representatives at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) over the last eight weeks.
Following the decision, INTO President John Driscoll called on the Government to urgently return to negotiations with a respectable pay offer that unions could put to a ballot of their members.
As a member of the ICTU Public Services Committee, the INTO has supported efforts under the review clause of the Building Momentum agreement to secure a necessary pay uplift for public sector workers. This uplift is essential in light of skyrocketing inflation and the cost-of-living crisis.
The union expresses its profound disappointment that the WRC talks process has stalled for the last two months, despite frequent statements from leading Government figures on the need to provide a pay increase for hard-pressed public servants.
The union will be advocating that members respond positively, thereby mandating the union to utilise all options up to and including strike action in order to secure a fair pay rise.
The CEC was briefed in June on the mediocre offer of an additional 2½% proposed by Government for the whole of 2021 and 2022. The CEC fully supported the position of the ICTU Public Services Committee that such an offer would not provide sufficient protection for public sector workers, whose incomes have been decimated over the last eighteen months.
Noting that INTO members have only received a 1% increase in salary since the current agreement commenced in January 2021 – with Irish inflation rising by more than 10% in the same period – it will therefore be necessary for the union to begin the process of balloting our membership for industrial action, unless the government increases its offer significantly in short order.
Balloting for industrial action will be preceded by a two-week consultation process with members and a full ballot of all members will take place in early September, should the Government fail in the meantime to make a meaningful offer in respect of pay.
... click to read full post & comments
16,000 books delivered to 21 schools
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 22/06/2022.Tags: Teachers
Laureate na nÓg, Áine Ní Ghlinn, today marked the final stage of the An Bosca Leabharlainne Artist in Residence scheme with the delivery of over 16,000 books to 21 schools across the country. In partnership with Foras na Gaeilge, this represents the culmination of the most ambitious children’s literature project ever undertaken in the Irish language. ... click to read full post & comments
'State is failing children with Special Educational Needs'
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 22/06/2022.Tags: Parenting Teachers
The Department of Education is failing children with Special Educational Needs, particularly in black spots such as Dublin and Cork, regarding the provision of suitable school places, a new report published today by the Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO) has found. ... click to read full post & comments
Proposed upskilling programme for SPHE/RSE Teachers
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 21/04/2022.Tags: Teachers
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The Minister for Education Norma Foley TD has announced her intention to provide funding for a new postgraduate programme to upskill registered post-primary teachers teaching social personal and health education/ relationships and sexuality education (SPHE/RSE).
This programme will provide a pathway for progression for post-primary teachers interested in ... click to read full post & comments