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€12 million will be made available to reform Biology, Chemistry and Physics at Senior Cycle level.

€12 million made available for LC Science reforms

Funding of €12 million is to be made available to support post-primary schools with the roll-out of revised Leaving Certificate science subjects, Minister for Education Norma Foley has announced.

Education • 03 Dec 24

€12 million made available for LC Science reforms

Funding of €12 million is to be made available to support post-primary schools with the rollout of revised Leaving Certificate science subjects, Minister for Education Norma Foley has announced.

News • 03 Dec 24

The Department of Education expects overall savings in the region of €5.5 million per year (Stock image)

Schools around country to avail of solar panels fund

All schools in the country can apply for funding to cover the cost of installing solar panels on their rooftops from next month.

Education • 30 Oct 24

The C&AG has urged the Department of Education to improve record-keeping for school inspections

Department of Education urged to improve record-keeping

The Department of Education has been urged to improve record-keeping for school inspections.

Business • 30 Sep 24

Tests showed the ViraPro product contained methanol rather than ethanol

HSE told to withdraw sanitiser two weeks before recall

The HSE was strongly advised by the Department of Agriculture to stop using ViraPro hand sanitiser more than a fortnight before it was recalled from health facilities and schools.

Coronavirus • 22 Nov 20

All you need to know about Calculated Grades

RTÉ's Education Correspondent Emma O Kelly looks at some of the most frequently asked questions about this year's Calculated Grades system for Leaving Certificate students.

Education • 16 Aug 20

Some school principals are worried about how the results will be handed out

Schools concerned over issuing of Leaving Cert grades

The Department of Education has said it will consult education partners as to how to communicate the results of calculated Leaving Certificate grades to students next month.

Education • 15 Jul 20

The Leaving Certificate is due to commence on 29 July

'Creative solutions' called for around Leaving Cert

A body representing the parents of second level students has called for clarity and prompt action regarding this year's Leaving Certificate exams and for information on "clear alternative options" to be made available to students and parents.

Education • 05 May 20

Trinity College Dublin has closed the Book of Kells, the Science Gallery and other areas of the college as well as hosting lectures online

Coronavirus plunges universities into funding crisis

Ireland's seven universities are facing a major funding crisis due to the decimation of revenue streams caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Ireland • 03 May 20

The marking scheme devised by the SEC for the Junior Certificate papers will also be made available to schools

Dept confirms no Junior Cert exams this year

The Department of Education has confirmed that there will be no state certified Junior Certificate exams this year.

Education • 21 Apr 20

RTÉ says the programme will be educational, but also fun and engaging

RTÉ to broadcast 'school on TV' from Monday

RTÉ has confirmed that it will broadcast over an hour of "school on TV" to support primary school children and their parents at home.

Coronavirus • 29 Mar 20

The ASTI says it will refuse to hold Subject Learning Assessment Review meetings out of hours

ASTI to refuse to hold review meetings out of hours

Secondary teachers belonging to the ASTI are on a collision course with the Department of Education and Skills over the scheduling of meetings that form part of the Junior Cycle reforms.

Education • 27 Feb 20

Around 1,000 school secretaries are due to strike as part of their campaign to secure better pay and working conditions

Minister calls on school secretaries to defer strike

The Minister for Education has appealed to school secretaries to defer a one-day strike planned for tomorrow.

Education • 09 Jan 20

The schools are all being established to address growing demographic need in the areas

Patronage of new post-primary schools are announced

Four new post-primary schools to be established in 2020 will be run by local state education boards while two others will be under the patronage of Educate Together, according to an announcement by the Department of Education today.

Education • 17 Dec 19

Announcement made by Department of Education

Six new post-primary schools planned for 2020

Four new post-primary schools to be established in 2020 will be run by local State education boards while two others will be under the patronage of Educate Together, according to an announcement by the Department of Education.

Education • 17 Dec 19

The Department of Education is declining to put any timeframe on completion of the second review

Sex abuse survivors call for access to State redress

A group of men who suffered sexual abuse as schoolboys at a Limerick primary school have called on the Government to stop putting obstacles in their way and grant them immediate access to a State redress scheme.

Education • 06 Dec 19

Zac and Ella Boland: 'I can go outside but he's still sitting there doing his homework'

Should homework be history?

There's increasing doubt that some forms of homework for young children serve any real purpose. One school in south Dublin is currently experimenting with a ban on written homework. How is it working out?

Prime Time • 22 Nov 19

Legal proceedings by the Department of Education against Western Building Systems are underway concerning Ardgillan Community College

€40m spent on school building remediation works

€40 million has been spent by the State so far on remediation works in dozens of schools where fire safety breaches and structural defects were discovered, RTÉ News has learned.

Education • 12 Nov 19

An independent consultant valued the property at €16.5m in 2016 (Pic: Google Maps)

Dept paid €4m above 2016 valuation for Sandymount site

The Department of Education paid €4 million above the amount set out in an independent valuation report for a site in Sandymount in Dublin, according to the Comptroller and Auditor General's annual report.

Education • 30 Sep 19

Fórsa says their work-to-rule will continue until their dispute is resolved or until meaningful talks begin

Secretaries' union asks Dept to take dispute to WRC

The trade union representing school secretaries has written to the Department of Education asking it to agree to use the services of the Workplace Relations Commission in an effort to resolve the current school secretaries' dispute.

Education • 30 Sep 19

The Department informed Educate Together that there would be a further delay

Opening of schools postponed due to certification delay

The opening of four new multi-denominational schools has been postponed until next Monday because of a delay in getting certification for the temporary buildings that they will occupy.

Education • 04 Sep 19

The five primary schools are among a total of 13 planned for coming years

Dublin to get five new gaelscoileanna over three years

Five new gaelscoileanna are to be established across Dublin over the coming three years.

Education • 03 Sep 19

Parents say their children do not want to change schools

Asylum seeker parents seek answers over school bus

A group of asylum seeker parents have said they fear the Department of Justice has reneged on a promise to provide a bus service to enable their children to continue attending their primary school on Dublin's Baggot Street.

Education • 28 Aug 19

The 18 schools are in addition to 22 where defects were discovered last year

17 school buildings found with structural defects

Engineers have identified structural flaws in 17 school buildings which 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.

Education • 15 Aug 19

The documents detail assessments made by fire safety officers in examinations at 31 schools

Dept refuses to release school fire safety assessments

The Department of Education has refused to release the results of fire safety assessments that were carried out on a number of schools, some of whom were later discovered to have serious structural defects.

Education • 13 Jul 19