UN questions Ireland over ‘alarming’ delays to assess children with disabilities, mental health issuesIrish officials brief committee on areas ranging from gender recognition for under-16s to lowering the voting ageTue Jan 24 2023 - 19:22
Ireland has one of highest school enrolment rates for Ukrainian childrenAbout 92% of refugee children here are enrolled in Irish schools while an estimated 66% of such children across Europe are not listed in education systemsTue Jan 24 2023 - 18:56
Staff report ‘toxic atmosphere’ and ‘clash of cultures’ at Spiritan-run secondary school in south DublinTempleogue College at centre of staff grievances including taking down of Pride flag in school canteenTue Jan 24 2023 - 17:17
‘We see hunger, homelessness, destitution’: The hidden struggle of overseas students in IrelandTens of thousands of Brazilians attend English language schools and work part-time - but many are unprepared for the cost of livingTue Jan 24 2023 - 00:00
Report highlights ‘challenge’ of allowing children to opt out of new sex education syllabusSome parents say they intend to withdraw their children from updated Social and Personal Health Education (SPHE) syllabusMon Jan 23 2023 - 01:00
Millions in charity given to third-level students for college fees and expensesSociety of St Vincent De Paul spent €2 million last year to support 600 students in higher educationMon Jan 23 2023 - 01:00
Concern among teacher unions over handling of Enoch Burke’s dismissalTeacher entitled to appeal outcome of disciplinary hearing within 10 school daysSun Jan 22 2023 - 19:37
Enoch Burke saga far from over with further appeals likelyUnder school disciplinary procedures Burke is entitled to appeal within 10 working daysSat Jan 21 2023 - 05:00
Enoch Burke formally dismissed by Wilson’s Hospital School Move follows disciplinary hearing on Thursday which was disrupted by members of the Burke familyFri Jan 20 2023 - 19:36
TUI and ASTI exploring possible merger into single secondary teachers’ unionProposal to create join forces first floated by TUI officials in discussions over sectoral bargaining in current pay dealThu Jan 19 2023 - 19:40
Students oppose ‘inadequate’ plans to move Leaving Cert exams to fifth yearNorma Foley pledges to press ahead with reforms she says will ease pressure on studentsThu Jan 19 2023 - 14:44
Irish universities to review how they assess students following threat posed by AI chatbotChatGPT, released in November, generates nuanced essays within seconds in response to short promptsWed Jan 18 2023 - 19:43
Leaving Cert: Predicted grades may replace deferred exams for ill and bereavedStalled results lead to later start at college and last-minute scramble for college accommodationFri Jan 13 2023 - 05:00
Rapid increase of school transport scheme costs sparks concern over its ‘sustainability’Cost has jumped by almost 50% since 2020 to more than €330 millionThu Jan 12 2023 - 05:00
Multidenominational primary schools more likely to be oversubscribed than Catholic Of multidenominational schools, almost 26% have insufficient places to meet demand compared to nearly 6% of Catholic schoolsMon Jan 09 2023 - 05:00
Most fee-charging schools received millions in extra Covid-19 funding Applications for cleaning, PPE, supervision and minor works considered on ‘case-by-case’ basis, says Department of EducationMon Jan 09 2023 - 05:00
Taxpayer may end up paying most of €1.5bn redress for abuse by religious ordersDespite attempts to share bill on a 50:50 basis, contributions from congregations amount to just €480m, a shortfall of €270mMon Jan 09 2023 - 05:00
Enoch Burke returns to Wilson’s Hospital SchoolTeacher had been in prison before Christmas for contempt of orders restraining him from attending the schoolThu Jan 05 2023 - 16:37
Ukrainian pupils: plenty of spare capacity in Irish schools but risk of local shortagesSchools have absorbed 13,000 newcomers and most believe they can accommodate moreThu Jan 05 2023 - 05:00
Hotels and churches could be used as schools for Ukrainian pupils on emergency basisContingency plans envisage use of alternative settings if local demand for school places outstrips supplyThu Jan 05 2023 - 05:00
‘Baptism barrier’ is stumbling block to reconfiguring patronage, says Catholic schools bodyGroup claims removal of right for Catholic schools to discriminate on basis of religion in admission policies is a ‘discriminatory law’Wed Jan 04 2023 - 18:37
Cost of building hundreds of schools soars amid construction inflationRising costs are making it difficult for contractors to stand over tendered costs, records showWed Jan 04 2023 - 05:00
What’s next? Our predictions on the issues to dominate education in 2023Curriculum clashes and battles over resources will make for a busy year aheadTue Jan 03 2023 - 12:00
Concern over Catholic schools’ ability to keep ethos after ‘baptism barrier’ removal Transferring schools to multi-denominational patrons could limit access for Catholic children to faith-based schoolsTue Jan 03 2023 - 05:00
Integration of 13,000-plus Ukrainian children in Irish schools seen as a success storyTeacher Olha Hnativ says the children she works with in a Tipperary primary school feel happy and safe in Ireland, but they also suffer from an aching sense of lossMon Jan 02 2023 - 00:00
Anxious, tech-savvy, diverse: A new primary curriculum aims to catch up with pupils of todayLess religion and a greater focus on wellbeing form part of a new curriculum for primary schoolsWed Dec 28 2022 - 03:00
Primary schools to teach foreign languages as religion time cut under new proposalsNew curriculum will put focus on wellbeing under biggest changes in more than 20 years.Wed Dec 28 2022 - 03:00
All pupils may get school meals by 2030, says reportReview recommends Ireland should consider moving to European-style ‘universal school meals’ modelMon Dec 26 2022 - 19:00
‘It’s at breaking point’: Thousands of pupils risk losing school mealsThe rates paid to suppliers - 60 cents for breakfast, €1.40 for lunch and €1.90 for dinner - have not changed since the school meals programme was launched in 2003Wed Dec 21 2022 - 05:00
Blackrock College to appoint new principalAlan MacGinty, a past pupil of the school, has been principal since 2000Tue Dec 20 2022 - 16:47
Private schools increase fees amid ‘exclusion’ from State fundingFee-charging sector seeks access to emergency funding for higher energy billsMon Dec 19 2022 - 01:00
Private schools in Ireland: What do they charge and how much have their fees risen? Irish Times survey finds most of the 50 private schools increased fees by between 5 and 15 per cent this yearMon Dec 19 2022 - 01:00
Boarding schools to be inspected for first time amid concern over gaps in child protectionNew child protection measures planned prior to recent scandal over abuse in Spiritan-run schoolsFri Dec 16 2022 - 17:00
Feeder schools: Drop in disadvantaged students going to college following return to normal Leaving Cert examsSchool-leavers from fee-charging sector and affluent areas dominate high points university coursesWed Dec 14 2022 - 01:00
Schools closing for bad weather ‘cannot make up with remote learning’While some schools may close this week if local conditions are poor, they have been told days must be made up by cutting non-tuition activitiesSun Dec 11 2022 - 15:03
Death of child (4) from strep A confirmed as parents urged to keep children with signs of illness at homeWarning over ‘significant rise’ in viral infections as children’s hospitals say they are at ‘critical capacity’ due to ‘perfect storm’ of factorsWed Dec 07 2022 - 20:52
‘A crisis like no other’: Is there a way to overcome the shortage of teachers?Schools are crying out for urgent measures to plug problematic staffing gaps that undermine students’ educationWed Dec 07 2022 - 00:01
Schools warn free hot meals scheme under threat due to rising costs Allowance of €2.90 per student is unworkable for suppliers, says representative bodyTue Dec 06 2022 - 21:08
Career breaks for teachers may be suspended in response to staff shortagesSchools struggling to find substitute cover at primary and qualified teachers in key subjects at second levelTue Dec 06 2022 - 17:35
New degree courses for school leavers outside CAO points race in nursing, computer science and businessSimon Harris to announce more than a dozen jointly operated further and higher education courses from next SeptemberTue Dec 06 2022 - 00:01
‘Insufficient’ funds to provide free schoolbooks to all primary pupils, say publishers and booksellersNorma Foley insists costs to families for all primary schoolbooks will be eliminated from September 2023Mon Dec 05 2022 - 00:00
Plan to provide school leavers with more study options outside CAO points raceFurther and higher education may work together to create joint third-level programmes under new blueprintSun Dec 04 2022 - 17:12
St Brigid’s public holiday to shorten Irish school yearSecondary school students currently have one of shortest academic years in EuropeThu Dec 01 2022 - 05:00
Anti-bullying strategy for schools to place new focus on gender identityDatabase will report on the scale of bullying taking place in schools for the first timeThu Dec 01 2022 - 00:01
Teacher shortage: ‘Many of our staff resigned due to Dublin cost of living’ Internal correspondence to Department of Education shows vulnerable pupils left without teachersFri Nov 25 2022 - 05:00
Teacher supply crisis: Pupils ‘deprived of their passion’ as practical subject posts remain unfilledCoolmine Community School has been unable to find teachers for woodwork and metalworkFri Nov 25 2022 - 05:00
Religious symbols in State schools must reflect ‘entire community’ under new planNew blueprint follows confusion over whether schools run by Education and Training Boards are ‘de facto Catholic’Fri Nov 25 2022 - 05:00
Does the Junior Cycle really matter anymore?Analysis: The exams were due to be scrapped under reforms announced a decade ago, but a diluted version remainsWed Nov 23 2022 - 18:14
Computer glitch allowed 20 Junior Cycle students access to their results last weekState Examinations Commission to review online process to ensure similar incidents cannot happen in the futureWed Nov 23 2022 - 17:00
Junior Cycle students to receive results today six months after examsMore students earn top grades - of 90% or more - in subjects such as English, science and business studiesWed Nov 23 2022 - 06:00
