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Education And Politics News
UNESCO Mobilizes Education Ministers in COVID-19 Crisis
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 18/03/2020.Tags: Parenting Education And Politics
In response to a surge in school and university closures to contain the spread of COVID-19, ... click to read full post & comments
ISSU asks for immediate clarity on Exam provisions
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 13/03/2020.Tags: Parenting Education And Politics
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The Irish Second-Level Students’ Union welcomes the decision to close schools and centres of education as a precautionary measure to stop the spread of ... click to read full post & comments
Young Social Innovators Calls on Young People
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 02/03/2020.Tags: Teachers Education And Politics
More than 6,000 young people to take part in national Speak Out Tour and bring creative solutions to urgent social issues
Building a nationwide movement of creative, caring and engaged citizens among Ireland’s young people ... click to read full post & comments
From Sept 2020 all students will study history in 1st year
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 18/02/2020.Tags: Education And Politics Parenting
From September all post-primary schools will offer History and all students entering first year will study the subject
Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh T.D. has today announced the arrangements to be put in place in order to ... click to read full post & comments
New programme launched for Safer Internet Day 2020
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 11/02/2020.Tags: Teachers Education And Politics
Webwise launches free resource to support digital literacy in schools
Supporting young people to use the internet in a positive way is an integral part of empowering them to become ... click to read full post & comments
ASTI Ballot Over Unequal Pay
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 27/01/2020.Tags: Teachers Education And Politics
The ASTI Central Executive Council has voted to ballot the union’s 17,000-plus members on industrial action over the unequal pay of teachers who entered the profession since 2010.
The ASTI took industrial action, including strike action, over unequal pay in 2016. ... click to read full post & comments(1)
FÓRSA decides to defer industrial action
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 21/01/2020.Tags: Teachers Education And Politics
Statement by Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh TD:
“I welcome the decision by the FÓRSA trade union to defer strike action and to re-enter ... click to read full post & comments
€50m in ICT Grant Funding for Schools
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 13/01/2020.Tags: Teachers Education And Politics
Minister announces fourth year of funding under Project Ireland 2040 which takes total spend on Digital Strategy for Schools ICT Infrastructure Fund to €160m
All schools will receive grants to purchase key technology such as tablets, ... click to read full post & comments(2)
Additional funding of €1 million for DEIS schools
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 09/01/2020.Tags: Parenting Education And Politics
More than 15,000 pupils across more than 100 primary schools to benefit from the increased investment
Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh T.D. has today ... click to read full post & comments
More students to be educated through Irish
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 31/12/2019.Tags: Education And Politics Teachers Parenting
Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh T.D. has announced plans for the development of the first, comprehensive Irish-medium ... click to read full post & comments
New primary school for Rathcoole
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 20/12/2019.Tags: Teachers Education And Politics
Patronage survey for four other new primary schools to be established in 2020 extended ... click to read full post & comments
HEA call to support teachers to upskill in subjects
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 20/12/2019.Tags: Teachers Education And Politics
HEA issues call to higher education institutions to develop courses for existing teachers to qualify to teach ... click to read full post & comments
Ministers Announce 3,000 New Student Places
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 16/12/2019.Tags: Teachers Education And Politics
€24 million Government funding under new Human Capital Initiative creates additional ... click to read full post & comments
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(1)
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
