Emma O Kelly

Education Correspondent

Call for research into special schools' gender disparity

Boys are far more likely to attend special schools or to be placed in special classes in mainstream schools compared to girls.

Education • 23 Mar

Hildegarde Naughton address the convention on education

Students to contribute to convention on education

A national convention on education is holding its first sessions in Athlone, Co Westmeath, this weekend.

Education • 21 Mar

Senator's remarks on supports for 'needy' pupils rejected

A senator has told an Oireachtas committee on education that if schools built a sense of independence in "needy or attention-seeking" children, there would be less of a need for special educational supports such as SNAs in schools.

Education • 19 Mar

Junior infants special class students at Finglas Parochial School are only attending school for two to two and a half hours per day

Further 36 special classes to open in mainstream schools

An additional 36 special classes have been sanctioned to open in mainstream schools from this coming September.

Education • 18 Mar

LC results vary more by school than neighbourhood - ESRI

The additional supports provided to schools serving disadvantaged communities are not enough to bridge the gap in outcomes between students from those communities compared to more affluent ones, an ESRI study has found.

Education • 12 Mar

150 research jobs could be at risk - higher eductn union

Higher education trade union IFUT has warned that up to 150 research jobs could be at risk following the closure of a number of research centres after core funding was not renewed.

Education • 12 Mar

Professor accuses colleges of 'gaming' the points system

Higher education institutions are deliberately driving up CAO points in order to create an illusion of quality and an impression of competition for third-level places, the former president of Maynooth University Philip Nolan has said.

Education • 10 Mar

An empty school classroom ready for students to arrive

Students call for clear system to report racist incidents

One in four minority ethnic school students who took part in a survey on racism said they experienced racism at least once a month, and most experienced it once a week or more.

Education • 10 Mar

Surge of 6.5% in CAO applications this year

There has been a surge in CAO applications this year with numbers applying up by 6.5% compared to last year.

Education • 10 Mar

Exterior view of a school building covered in scaffolding with a colourful sign on a fence

Kildare school to reopen after board told building safe

A school in Co Kildare will reopen on Monday after its board of management received written confirmation from the Department of Education that the building is safe.

Education • 05 Mar