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Education And Politics News
Thomond wins €10,000 for STEM Education
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 10/12/2019.Tags: Teachers Education And Politics
BD RCI awards €24,000 in educational funding to secondary schools across ... click to read full post & comments
Christian Brothers Redress Contribution Completed
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 09/12/2019.Tags: Teachers Education And Politics
The Department of Education and Skills has today (Monday 9th December) confirmed ... click to read full post & comments
36 Regional Officers elected to ISSU
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 05/12/2019.Tags: Teachers Education And Politics
From the 15th of October to the 29th of November the Irish Second-Level Students’ Union (ISSU) hosted, ... click to read full post & comments
ASTI to issue directive on SLAR meetings
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 04/12/2019.Tags: Teachers Education And Politics
ASTI members have voted to authorise the ASTI to issue a directive on the scheduling of Subject Learning and ... click to read full post & comments
Our Voices Our Schools Online Resource
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 04/12/2019.Tags: Teachers Education And Politics
Following two years of work, the Comhairle na nÓg National Executive today launched their toolkit Our Voices Our Schools at Collins Barracks.
Our Voices Our Schools was created as a result of young people around the ... click to read full post & comments
Ireland's 15 year olds among best in reading literacy
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 03/12/2019.Tags: Education And Politics Parenting Teachers
The Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh TD today (Tuesday 3 December 2019) welcomed the 2018 OECD PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) results which show Ireland’s 15 year-olds are among the best in - ... click to read full post & comments
€30 million Investment in 405 Schools
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 25/11/2019.Tags: Teachers Education And Politics
New Climate Action focus for Summer Works Scheme
The Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh T.D. has today (Monday 25 November 2019) announced a €30million package for 405 schools ... click to read full post & comments
What Works Initiative announced
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 22/11/2019.Tags: Teachers Education And Politics
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The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr Katherine Zappone TD, is pleased to announce funding of €1,514,000 under the What Works initiative to support the ... click to read full post & comments
Applications for Patronage of 4 New Primary Schools
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 20/11/2019.Tags: Teachers Education And Politics
The Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh T.D. has today invited school patron bodies/prospective school patron bodies to apply for the patronage of new primary schools to be established in September 2020.
Today’s invitation follows on from the announcement on ... click to read full post & comments
Minister meets Volunteers in Apple Schools Project
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 18/11/2019.Tags: Teachers Education And Politics
The Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh T.D. today visited the recently expanded Apple campus in Cork and observed the ongoing work of the Apple school engagement programme which ... click to read full post & comments
Grants of €29 Million for Primary Schools
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 12/11/2019.Tags: Teachers Education And Politics
The Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh T.D. has today announced €29 million in grants for primary schools for Minor Works.
The money will be paid to all primary schools in the first half of ... click to read full post & comments
Publication of Regional Enrolment Projections
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 29/10/2019.Tags: Teachers Education And Politics
Pupil numbers in primary schools in Dublin are projected to fall by 28% by 2036 while those in the Mid-East will fall by just 12.7%.
The Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh T.D. has today (Monday 28th October 2019) welcomed the publication of a new statistical report which ... click to read full post & comments(1)
Minister Hosts First Cross-Border Schools Initiative
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 23/10/2019.Tags: Teachers Education And Politics
An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar T.D. welcomes initiative to bring up to 60 students from four schools, north and south, to an event at the Clock Tower in the ... click to read full post & comments
AbbVie's Back to School for STEM Programme launched
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 21/10/2019.Tags: Teachers Education And Politics
Minister for Education and Skills, Joe McHugh TD, joined students and representatives of the global biopharmaceutical company AbbVie at a special educational event at St Naul’s National School in ... click to read full post & comments(1)
Better Off Students Still More Likely to Go to College
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 21/10/2019.Tags: Teachers Education And Politics
Those from Better Off Financial Backgrounds Still More Likely to Go to College
Progress has been made in delivering on the national priority of increasing access to ... click to read full post & comments(1)
Mandate for Industrial Action Over Pay Discrimination
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 11/10/2019.Tags: Teachers Education And Politics
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Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) members have voted by a margin of 92% to 8% to endorse the Union’s mandate for industrial action, up to and including strike action, as part of the campaign to end ... click to read full post & comments
Budget 2020 Education Update
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 08/10/2019.Tags: Education And Politics Teachers Parenting
Over €11 billion will be provided to the Department of Education and Skills in 2020.
This will include:
New Initiatives to Support Creativity in Schools Announced
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 12/09/2019.Tags: Teacher Education And Politics
Minister publishes Education Bill 2019
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 11/09/2019.Tags: Education And Politics
The Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh T.D. has published the Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019. The draft legislation reflects the ... click to read full post & comments
3 Catholic primary schools re-open as multi-denominational
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 27/08/2019.Tags: Education And Politics
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Education and Training Boards Ireland have said that three formerly Catholic schools are among ten primary schools that will open for the first time, or reopen, as Community National Schools for this new academic year. These three schools will ... click to read full post & comments
'Reinstate School Library Grant' - Children's Books Ireland
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 27/08/2019.Tags: Teachers Education And Politics
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Children’s Books Ireland is calling on the government to reinstate the school library grant which was abolished in Budget 2008. Valued at approximately €2.2m, the grant from the Department of Education and Skills was instrumental in helping schools to ... click to read full post & comments
Patronage applications invited for 6 New Post-primary Schools
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 20/08/2019.Tags: Education And Politics
Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh T.D. has today (19th August) invited applications for the patronage of six new post-primary schools to be established in September 2020.
Today’s invitation follows on from the announcement in April 2018 that the Government was making a major investment in education with the establishment of 42 ... click to read full post & comments
36 Schools Selected for Hot School Meals Pilot Project
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 16/08/2019.Tags: Parenting Teachers Education And Politics
The Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Regina Doherty, T.D., announced that 36 primary schools (with over 6,600 pupils) have been selected for the Hot School Meals Pilot Project, an initiative to provide a hot meal to primary school children on a pilot basis from September. This pilot scheme for hot school dinners was ... click to read full post & comments(1)
17 Schools require remedial work before Sept
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 15/08/2019.Tags: Education And Politics Parenting Teachers
Engineers have identified structural flaws in 17 school buildings (list below) that will require temporary works to be carried out in coming weeks in order to ensure that they are safe for pupils and staff to return to in September. The 17 schools are in addition to ... click to read full post & comments(2)
New Criteria for Irish Exemption in Schools
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 12/08/2019.Tags: Education And Politics Parenting Teachers
The Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh T.D. has today (Monday August 12) announced new criteria for schools to grant students an exemption from ... click to read full post & comments
2nd Progress report on the Action Plan for Education 2019
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 06/08/2019.Tags: Education And Politics
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The Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh T.D. today (Friday 2 August) announced the publication of the Action Plan for Education 2019 Quarter 2 Progress Report.
The Action Plan – Cumasú emphasises empowering through learning. It highlights the significant strategic reform programme under way in the education and training sector. This enables the Department to respond in an agile way to the demands of today’s society at ... click to read full post & comments
First Child Protection & Safeguarding Inspection Reports
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 24/06/2019.Tags: Teachers Education And Politics
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The Inspectorate of the Department of Education and Skills has today published 11 Initial Child Protection and Safeguarding Inspection reports and 11 Final Child Protection and Safeguarding Inspection reports on its website.
The reports arise from the new Child Protection and Safeguarding Inspection model introduced by ... click to read full post & comments
Progress Report on the Action Plan for Education 2019
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 01/05/2019.Tags: Education And Politics
The Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh T.D. today (Tuesday 30 April) welcomed the publication of the Action Plan for Education 2019 Quarter 1 progress report.
The Action Plan – Cumasú is based on the idea of empowering through learning. The Plan highlights the significant strategic ... click to read full post & comments
New project to teach Irish through other subjects
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 23/04/2019.Tags: Parenting Education And Politics Teachers
Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh T.D. has today, 23 April, announced a new project to support the learning of Irish through PE and other subjects.
The three-year pilot, using the Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) approach, will be developed in two phases. It will be open to 22 ... click to read full post & comments(1)
Grants available under Music Education Bursary Scheme 2019
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 02/04/2019.Tags: Teachers Education And Politics
The Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh TD has invited applications for grants under the established Non-Mainstream Music Education Bursary Scheme 2019.
The purpose of the scheme is to provide support by way of a cash grant to established, smaller-scale, non-mainstream music education/community music initiatives with limited or no access to ... click to read full post & comments(1)
New School Inclusion Model Trial announced
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 27/03/2019.Tags: Education And Politics Parenting
The Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh T.D. today announced the trialling of the School Inclusion Model – a new model of support for students with special educational and additional care needs.
The School Inclusion Model, supported by €4.75m funding allocated in Budget 2019, aims to build schools’ capacity to include children with additional needs and to ... click to read full post & comments
Action Plan for Education 2019 launched
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 08/03/2019.Tags: Education And Politics
An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar T.D. today (Thursday, 7 March) launched the Action Plan for Education 2019 in the National College of Art and Design.
The Action Plan sets out more than 280 deliverable actions for this year with the ambition to ... click to read full post & comments
€50m in Funding for ICT Equipment for Schools
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 04/03/2019.Tags: Education And Politics Teachers
Minister McHugh has announce the third year of funding under Project Ireland 2040 takes total spend on
Digital Strategy for Schools ICT Infrastructure Fund to €110m.
All schools will receive grants to purchase ... click to read full post & comments
New Child Protection and Safeguarding Inspections for Schools
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 22/01/2019.Tags: Teachers Education And Politics
Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh T.D. has announced additional safeguards for child protection in schools with the introduction ... click to read full post & comments
Increase in Students Taking Higher Level Subjects
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 17/01/2019.Tags: Education And Politics Teachers
The Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh T.D. announced today that the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) has published research on the early impacts of the revised grading scheme for Leaving Certificate examinations which was ... click to read full post & comments
Consultation on exemptions from Irish in schools
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 11/01/2019.Tags: Education And Politics Teachers Parenting
Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh T.D. has announced that record numbers of submissions from the public have been received to the consultation on exemptions from the study of Irish in schools.
Over 2,100 responses had been submitted to the ... click to read full post & comments(1)
Engagement of GAA with new Leaving Cert PE Subject welcomed
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 19/12/2018.Tags: Teachers Education And Politics
The Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh TD today welcomed the engagement of the GAA with the new Leaving Certificate Physical Education subject.
Today, the GAA announced the launch of a new web-based resource which it developed in ... click to read full post & comments
€40 Million for Summer Works Projects in 307 Schools
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 17/12/2018.Tags: Education And Politics Teachers
“Funding of more than €40 million for Summer Works projects in 2019 will see major improvements in primary and post-primary schools across the country,” says Minister for Education and Skills, Joe McHugh T.D.
Announcing the list of ... click to read full post & comments
Safety Works completed in 3 Schools
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 13/12/2018.Tags: Education And Politics Teachers
Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh has confirmed that precautionary measures at classrooms in Tyrrelstown Educate Together National School, St Luke’s National School Tyrrelstown and ... click to read full post & comments
ASTI members reject the New Entrants’ Salary Measure
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 29/11/2018.Tags: Teachers Education And Politics
“Proposal does not achieve equal pay” – ASTI President
ASTI members have voted to reject the New Entrants’ Salary Measure by ... click to read full post & comments(1)
€29m Minor Works Grant for Primary Schools
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 26/11/2018.Tags: Education And Politics Teachers
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The Minister for Education and Skills, Joe McHugh T.D., has announced that the Minor Works Grant of €29m in total will be paid to all ... click to read full post & comments
Applications invited for Patronage of 12 New Primary Schools
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 09/11/2018.Tags: Education And Politics
The Minister for Education and Skills, Joe McHugh, T.D., has invited school patron bodies/prospective school patron bodies to apply for the patronage of 12 new primary schools to be established in ... click to read full post & comments
Changes to Leaving Cert Results & Appeals for 2019
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 02/11/2018.Tags: Education And Politics Teachers Parents
Minister for Education and Skills, Joe McHugh T.D., and Minister of State for Higher Education, Mary Mitchell O’Connor T.D., have today (1st November 2018) announced significant changes to the Leaving Certificate examination appeals process from 2019. The changes will mean that, in future, students who appeal the results of the Leaving Certificate will be ... click to read full post & comments(6)
Patronage of 4 New Post-primary Schools Announced
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 01/11/2018.Tags: Education And Politics Parenting Techers
The Minister for Education and Skills, Joe McHugh T.D., today announced the patronage of the four new post-primary schools to be established in 2019. In all cases, the Minister accepted the ... click to read full post & comments
