‘There can be violent outbursts or total apathy’: Principals call for counselling supports at primary level
School-based counsellors and therapists are a routine feature of many other education systems internationally
Leaving Cert class divide of 138 points linked with students’ family backgrounds
Children of professionals get average of 464 points compared with 326 for those born to lowest-skilled parents
Universities say they face shortage of funds to pay existing staff this year
€92m hole in college finances due to unfunded pay awards for thousands of staff agreed by Government, says association
New teachers to receive €2,000 incentive to stay year in Irish classrooms
Initiative comes as primary and secondary schools struggle to find qualified teachers
Prof Hugh Brady: ‘Quality of Irish university experience is slipping, and going to get worse over time’
Prof Hugh Brady, who helped establish Imperial College London as the UK’s highest ranking university, warns that Irish colleges are suffering
‘We have heard horrible stories of what can happen’: Leaving Cert holidays spell euphoria for students but anxiety for parents
Portuguese resort Albufeira is the hottest destination for post-exam trips this year, while the Greek island of Zante is popular among south Dublin schools
‘Every day he asks and every day our hearts break’: Children with special needs lack school places for September
All children have a diagnosis of autism and require either a special class or special school placement in order to meet their assessed needs.
WorldSkills Ireland event to be staged alongside Higher Options this year
Largest ever concentration of career and study information for school leavers
Pupils’ seaweed soap business cleans up at entrepreneur awards
More than 100,000 students have participated in the Junior Entrepreneur Programme since 2010
Extra lab funding needed to avoid ‘unfair’ advantage under Leaving Cert reforms
Senior cycle reforms will require physics, chemistry and biology students to complete science investigations worth 40% of marks
Yoga, pilates, coding clubs: schools encouraged to make facilities available to the wider community
Any income from renting premises will not affect schools’ State grants, capitation fees or other public funding
‘Very challenging’: Reaction to Leaving Cert French and history exams
More than 100,000 students are completing day six of the State exams
‘This is horrendous - it’s no way to treat a child’: Parents’ anger over lack of school places in Taoiseach’s home town
All three secondary schools in Greystones, Co Wicklow are heavily oversubscribed
‘Great confidence boost’: Reaction to today’s Leaving Cert biology and Junior Cycle French exams
It’s day five of the exams for more than 100,000 students around the country
Parents to be polled on school preferences in bid to accelerate school choice
Almost 90 per cent of the 3,600 primary schools in the State remain Catholic in ethos