# department-of-education - Tuesday 5 July, 2022
# Cost Of Living
Poverty campaigners and parents’ groups frequently highlight the cost of going back to school every summer. There are growing fears that the cost-of-living crisis will place an additional burden on parents, Emer Moreau writes.
# department-of-education - Monday 6 June, 2022
# War In Ukraine
# War In Ukraine
Nearly 1,000 children and teens have enrolled in schools here since mid May.
# department-of-education - Monday 16 May, 2022
# Ukraine
# Ukraine
The Department will continue to publish figures on the enrolment of Ukrainian children each month.
# department-of-education - Thursday 17 February, 2022
# Storm Eunice
# Storm Eunice
Schools in Clare, Cork, Kerry, Donegal, Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim, Waterford and Roscommon will be closed.
# department-of-education - Monday 17 January, 2022
# Leaving Cert 2022
# Leaving Cert 2022
There were over 40,900 responses to the survey by the ISSU, with one in three Leaving Cert students responding to the poll.
# department-of-education - Wednesday 5 January, 2022
# Re-opening
# Re-opening
Teachers will have to request the masks from their school’s board of management to obtain them.
# department-of-education - Tuesday 28 December, 2021
# Education Report
# Education Report
The number of teachers at primary and post-primary level went up from 61,942 in 2016 to 69,343 in 2020.
# department-of-education - Monday 6 December, 2021
# Schools Closed
# Schools Closed
Schools, colleges and universities across 12 counties are being told not to open tomorrow because of the approaching storm.
# department-of-education - Monday 29 November, 2021
# Substitute Teachers
# Substitute Teachers
Emergency measures include an increased involvement of student teachers and retired teachers.
# department-of-education - Wednesday 10 November, 2021
# Antigen Tests
# Antigen Tests
“Time is of the essence and we simply can’t afford any additional delays,” said INTO General Secretary John Boyle
# department-of-education - Monday 1 November, 2021
# Music Generation
# Music Generation
The Music Generation programme teaches children how to perform and play musical instruments.
# department-of-education - Sunday 17 October, 2021
# Tough Start
Noteworthy and The Journal can reveal that many Traveller children are routinely put on 'reduced hours' at school - with at least one student on just 40 minutes a day Reporters Maria Delaney and Michelle Hennessy work with Traveller focus groups to expose this issue Over 60 children on one halting site in Munster received no digital supports during Covid lockdowns
# department-of-education - Wednesday 1 September, 2021
# Pay And Conditions
# Pay And Conditions
Fórsa has said that civil servants have claimed the Tánaiste’s commitment to standard pay does not change WRC talks.
# department-of-education - Wednesday 7 July, 2021
# Rathmines
An official wrote the email before the doorway at the Rathmines college was covered with wooden hoardings in late May, Cónal Thomas reports. The boarding up of the location prompted an outcry on social media because the location had been frequented by a man who slept rough. Official statements at the time suggested that the doorway was boarded up to facilitate Leaving Certificate exams in June.
# department-of-education - Monday 21 June, 2021
# School Dinners
# School Dinners
The funding is normally not available during the summer.
# department-of-education - Friday 28 May, 2021
# Rathmines
# Rathmines
The man has since been contacted by homeless services.
# department-of-education - Monday 15 February, 2021
# Courts
# Courts
The pupil, who has special needs and cannot be identified by order of the court, was expelled in September from a Co Meath school.
# department-of-education - Friday 22 January, 2021
# State Exams
# State Exams
A survey found that most Leaving Cert students wanted a choice between Calculated Grades or in-person exams.
# department-of-education - Tuesday 19 January, 2021
# Department Of Education
# Department Of Education
A webinar for teachers was held yesterday where “vitriolic” comments were left about public health experts’ assertion that schools are safe.
# department-of-education - Saturday 16 January, 2021
# Special Education
# Special Education
Minister Norma Foley said classes for children with special needs would reopen next Thursday.
# department-of-education - Monday 28 December, 2020
# Education
# Education
A report has found that “strong differences can be seen in the percentages of girls and boys when it comes to STEM, particularly when biology is excluded”.
# department-of-education - Tuesday 10 November, 2020
# Calculated Grades
# Calculated Grades
Dalton Tattan, assistant secretary at the Department of Education said the pressure they were under was ‘extreme’.
# department-of-education - Thursday 29 October, 2020
# Sanitisers
# Sanitisers
The Department of Education has told schools that they will be provided with funding to obtain new supplies.
# department-of-education - Friday 23 October, 2020
# Hand Sanitiser
# Hand Sanitiser
A product recall was issued tonight by the Department of Agriculture on ViraPro hand sanitiser.
# department-of-education - Thursday 15 October, 2020
# Schools
# Schools
A Department of Education official said today the practice is to be “limited solely to those circumstances where it is absolutely necessary”.
# department-of-education - Friday 9 October, 2020
# Mid-term Break
# Mid-term Break
Government sources say the move is being considered as an option but no decision has been made.
# department-of-education - Monday 14 September, 2020
# Black Lives Matter
# Black Lives Matter
Parents, pupils and teachers have called for an update the school curriculum.
# department-of-education - Thursday 10 September, 2020
# School Transport
# School Transport
TD Mattie McGrath said that the ‘archaic’ system was facing a worrying backlog.
# department-of-education - Sunday 6 September, 2020
# Results Day
# Results Day
Leaving Cert calculated grade results are due to be released tomorrow morning at 9am.
# department-of-education - Sunday 30 August, 2020
# Schools
# Schools
Many teachers complain they’ve received little guidance or assurances about how pregnant staff will be looked after.
# department-of-education - Saturday 29 August, 2020
# Schools
# Schools
The government announced new 120 guidance counsellor posts last month to support students returning to school.
# department-of-education - Friday 28 August, 2020
# Schools Reopening
# Schools Reopening
A mixture of excitement and frustration prevailed at one Louth school with classes of 33 pupils as available classrooms lie empty.
# department-of-education - Friday 21 August, 2020
# Schools
# Schools
The changes were announced this evening by the Department of Education .
# department-of-education - Thursday 20 August, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
The Department of Education said it had taken the decision following advice from NPHET.
# department-of-education - Sunday 16 August, 2020
# Back To School
# Back To School
Long waiting lists and a disjointed system have already caused major issues.
# department-of-education - Monday 3 August, 2020
# Department Of Education
# Department Of Education
This includes children whose parents or other relatives may be at risk, or who may be anxious about the Covid-19 pandemic.
# department-of-education - Monday 27 July, 2020
# Reopening Schools
# Reopening Schools
A planning document from the Department of Education will be brought to the cabinet today.
# department-of-education - Friday 24 July, 2020
# Back To School
# Back To School
A plan for the full reopening of schools will be revealed on Monday.
# department-of-education - Friday 17 July, 2020
# Results Day
# Results Day
The publication of this year’s results will not be available until 7 September.
# department-of-education - Thursday 2 July, 2020
# INTO
# INTO
Education Minister Norma Foley says that public health advice will underpin the reopening of and operation of schools.
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