Education

The 2023 STEM Passport for Inclusion graduation took place at Maynooth University

STEM programme for disadvantaged communities expanded

An initiative to increase access to careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) for post-primary students in socially disadvantaged communities is to be expanded.

Education • 01 Dec

Oral exams have been held over Easter break since the Covid pandemic

Unions want oral exams returned to pre-pandemic timings

Two teacher unions have reiterated a call for oral Leaving Certificate examinations to be held once again during term time as opposed to the Easter …

Education • 29 Nov

The teacher and principal are contesting all the allegations

Teacher, principal accused of professional misconduct

A teacher and a school principal have appeared before a fitness-to-teach inquiry over the alleged inappropriate removal of headphones from a nine-year-old boy with autism …

Ireland • 29 Nov

The scheme will see the installation of up to 16 roof-mounted solar panels per school

Rollout of €50m school solar panel programme to begin

Schools in 11 counties will be eligible to apply for funding for solar panels under the first phase of the school solar panel scheme.

Ireland • 23 Nov

Students who paid the full student contribution of €3,000 are being refunded

€1,000 reduction in college fees comes into effect

Minister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris has announced further details on the cost of education measures first outlined in the Budget.

Education • 23 Nov

The back pay arises from the implementation of a pay agreement which is backdated to September 2021 (Rolling News.ie)

School secretaries to receive back pay tomorrow

Around 3,000 school secretaries represented by the Fórsa trade union are due to receive back pay from the Department of Education tomorrow.

Ireland • 22 Nov

Teachers announce strike action in Northern Ireland

Teaching unions in Northern Ireland have announced their members will hold strike action on five days in a long-running dispute over pay.

Regional • 20 Nov

94% of those who studied to become teachers had work nine months later

82% of college leavers obtain work within nine months

The proportion of graduates who are in employment nine months after leaving college has been rising in recent years, according to the latest data gathered …

Ireland • 17 Nov

55% of respondents said their mental health has suffered as a result of the housing crisis

Foreign students 'deeply affected' by housing crisis

The housing crisis is deeply affecting international students who come to Ireland to study and is putting the country's reputation abroad at risk, according to …

Ireland • 14 Nov

Will Govt asking parents not to buy smartphones work?

Inspired by the approach of primary schools in Greystones, where mobile phones are not allowed, the Cabinet this week agreed guidelines it hopes will encourage …

Analysis and Comment • 12 Nov

Leon Dwyer is hoping to be the first Irish breaker to qualify for the Olympics.

Watch: Irish Olympic hopeful wows Dublin pupils

The 2024 Paris Olympics will introduce the sport of breaking or breakdancing to the Olympic programme for the first time.

Ireland • 11 Nov

Norma Foley has said that most schools already prohibit the use of smartphones but the biggest issue is what happens after school

Smartphone guidelines 'not a war on phones' - Foley

Minister for Education Norma Foley has said the new guidelines approved by the Cabinet to encourage parents to not purchase smartphones for primary school children …

Ireland • 07 Nov

The Ombudsman for Children Dr Niall Muldoon attended Child Talks 2023 (File Photo: RollingNews.ie)

Hundreds of schoolchildren gather for Child Talks 2023

Hundreds of schoolchildren from around the country attended Child Talks 2023 at the Helix in DCU today where they were told young people can make …

Ireland • 07 Nov

'We won't improve those outcomes by blaming teenagers, but we can do so by building inclusive, local schools where they are lacking.' Photo: Getty Images

Why the commute to school is a 'postcode lottery' for Irish teens

Research has found disparities between areas are not due to population size, but are more to do with differences in educational provision.

Transport • 07 Nov

The schools surveyed also anticipate having an additional 1,200 vacancies within the next three months

800 primary teaching posts going unfilled - INTO

Eight hundred teaching posts in primary schools here are unfilled as a result of the shortage of school teachers, according to a survey carried out …

Education • 06 Nov

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