Teachers should not be forced to deliver ‘sensitive’ sex education classes - union
New curriculum - including sexual consent and attitudes to pornography - to be mandatory at senior cycle
New curriculum - including sexual consent and attitudes to pornography - to be mandatory at senior cycle
There used to be more than 20 mandatory student practicals in the science subjects but in the new specification there are just 10 to 12 experiments
Landmark study finds primary pupils most often feel happy, good about themselves, cared for and safe
Inserting geography content into a new subject risks, at best, duplication of material and, at worst, the loss of a rich and long history of solution-finding
Exam reform is badly needed. But not like this, with vague learning outcomes and too much scope for use of ChatGPT
Pupils will spend more time learning foreign languages, science and technology – and less time on religion
Public consultation opens on the biggest planned shake-up to primary education in 25 years
Dr Hannagh McGinley is just the third Traveller to be awarded a PhD in the State’s history
Computational thinking and financial literacy form part of blueprint to replace 24-year-old syllabus
Revamped social, personal and health education programme launched for Junior Cycle students
New sex education curriculum for Junior Cycle includes focus on gender identity
Draft proposals had included more difficult syllabus for those attending Irish medium and Gaeltacht schools
New blueprint includes bigger focus on science, technology, wellbeing and arts - and less time for Irish
Foreign languages, Stem education, wellbeing and ‘flexible’ time for school feature in new blueprint
Schools ‘may’ continue to give homework to pupils while teaching time for religion will be cut
Move sparked controversy among teachers who criticised it as ‘educationally unsound’
A number of Catholic bodies, while welcoming the move to update the curriculum, said the ethos of schools must be respected in delivering the programme
New RSE programme for Junior Cycle in schools is ‘an important step forward in addressing the needs of adolescents growing up in Ireland today’
Less religion and a greater focus on wellbeing form part of a new curriculum for primary schools
New curriculum will put focus on wellbeing under biggest changes in more than 20 years.
Fine Gael’s Jennifer Carroll MacNeill criticises ‘general responses’ and ‘lack of output’
Press interest ‘undoubtedly’ contributes to student stress, exam commission chief says
‘There will be safeguards and a balance to be struck,’ says Minister in speech
Jury is out on whether reforms will end up easing pressure on students
Analysis: Examination reforms aim to modernise how children engage with senior cycle
After a four-year review of the State senior level exams, major change is coming
Teacher-based assessment to feature with greater emphasis on project work from 2024
Norma Foley to appoint student representative to State body for syllabus and assessment
Embracing diverse languages inside the classroom gives all pupils a great advantage
Education system is key to challenging and changing the culture of everyday harassment and violence
Teachers’ unions call for further changes to written exams instead of ‘hybrid’ model
Dramatic statistic reflects many strands of societal change here in past two decades
Vast majority of junior infant children happy or excited to be at school
Numbers of students seeking exemptions from the subject may ‘increase significantly’
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices