‘Crude and unfair’ CAO system must change, say school principals A narrow approach to measuring students’ aptitudes may contribute to high dropout ratesMon Sept 09 2024 - 06:00
Teachers to be asked to upskill outside teaching hours to reduce disruptionReform proposals form part of ‘exploratory’ reforms linked to public sector pay dealMon Sept 09 2024 - 06:00
Parents to be surveyed on school ethos, gender mix and education through Irish or EnglishSome 88 per cent of primary schools are Catholic while just over 5 per cent are multidenominationalMon Sept 09 2024 - 06:00
Simon Harris, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk are all college drop outs. Is it really such a bad thing rates are rising in Ireland?About 15% of students starting out on their degree course this month will fail to progress to second year, Dropping out, however, doesn’t necessarily mean screwing up: many go on to find their true callingSat Sept 07 2024 - 06:00
Some 126 children with special needs still waiting on a school placeOmbudsman for Children highlights ‘unacceptable’ situation faced by young people and their familiesWed Sept 04 2024 - 12:07
Teachers should not be forced to deliver ‘sensitive’ sex education classes - unionNew curriculum - including sexual consent and attitudes to pornography - to be mandatory at senior cycleTue Sept 03 2024 - 15:45
‘It’s an absolute nightmare’: Hundreds of schoolchildren with tickets told no buses availableDelays awarding contracts and driver shortages have delayed resumption of services in some areas, Bus Éireann saysMon Sept 02 2024 - 06:30
Finding accommodation and commuting, that’s challenging,' says university chief of rising student dropout ratesUniversity of Galway president says top students may end up going overseasMon Sept 02 2024 - 06:00
‘I just feel hard done by’: Another Leaving Cert student on top points loses out on college course due to lotteryNorth Dublin student asks Minister to expand places for students affected by random selectionSun Sept 01 2024 - 13:00
‘She couldn’t have done better’: Leaving Cert student with maximum points misses out on college course due to lotteryFather says his daughter is inconsolable after not being accepted for UCD courseThu Aug 29 2024 - 14:17
CAO 2024: University chiefs criticise ‘cruel’ grade inflation as some top students lose out on chosen courses Just over half of this year’s college applicants secure their first choice in CAO offersWed Aug 28 2024 - 19:46
CAO 2024: 56% get first choice but grade inflation ‘seriously disadvantaged’ some students Trinity vice-provost says random selection a cruel arbiter as 23 courses nationwide allocated places that wayWed Aug 28 2024 - 17:56
Schools issued with details on policing mobile phone banDetailed letter from Minister for Education to school managers outlines how they can implement more ‘stringent’ policiesWed Aug 28 2024 - 10:15
CAO 2024: Universities set to use random selection for some high points coursesDentistry, health, veterinary medicine, business and management courses among those most in demandWed Aug 28 2024 - 08:03
‘It’s an absolute disaster’: Secondary school forced to drop subjects due to teacher shortagesStudents forced to study alternative courses due to lack of staff in key areasWed Aug 28 2024 - 06:00
Record numbers of students did not sit Irish Leaving Cert exam this yearStudying the language is mandatory at second level, but there is no obligation to sit the examSun Aug 25 2024 - 16:56
Can Leaving Cert results be trusted anymore, given grade inflation?There is some concern in higher education that inflated grades may be a factors behind higher dropout rates in collegeSat Aug 24 2024 - 06:00
‘We’re absolutely delighted’: Thousands of Leaving Cert students receive bumper grades More than two thirds of grades have been artificially inflated to match record high levels of recent yearsFri Aug 23 2024 - 18:56
Inflated Leaving Cert grades to reduce ‘step by step’ from next year, says Norma FoleyMinister for Education says exam authorities will ‘give an opportunity for students to return to pre-Covid levels’Fri Aug 23 2024 - 16:53
Leaving Cert 2024 set to be last to benefit from bumper grades. What happens to next year’s students?Inflated grades may be popular with students but they also pose serious disadvantagesFri Aug 23 2024 - 06:00
Leaving Cert results 2024: Bumper grades for students set to keep CAO points at high levelsAlmost 61,000 students receiving their exam results from 10am on FridayFri Aug 23 2024 - 06:00
Leaving Cert results are out on Friday. What can students expect? Another bumper set of inflated grades is on the cards, but CAO points race may be fierceThu Aug 22 2024 - 06:00
Mobile phones set to be banned across all second-level schools under new Government plansNorma Foley says more research points to smartphones causing distraction and cyberbullyingWed Aug 21 2024 - 15:54
Hundreds of retired teachers set to plug gaps as schools struggle to find qualified staffPrincipals say some schools are being forced to drop subjects due to shortagesWed Aug 21 2024 - 06:00
Proportion of students in private education declines as more free places are createdSecond-level student numbers climb to record high, with cost of fees at private schools risingWed Aug 21 2024 - 06:00
‘They are being robbed of their potential’: Thousands of children with special needs waiting years for vital therapyParents worry that their children are slipping through the cracks of service beset by staff shortages, deficient assessments and a morale crisisSun Aug 11 2024 - 06:30
School therapy supports to be restored in special schools in SeptemberTherapists will be based in 16 special schools as part of new pilot projectMon Aug 05 2024 - 16:09
What’s happening with the expansion of Ireland’s railways?Plans involve new 200km/h trains, more frequent services and a significant expansion of the Dart to Kildare – assuming there are no leaves on the trackSat Aug 03 2024 - 06:00
How dangerous are slushies for young children?The Food Safety Authority issued advice this week to limit the consumption of slush ice drinks for youngsters aged up to 10Sat Jul 20 2024 - 06:00
‘There can be violent outbursts or total apathy’: Principals call for counselling supports at primary levelSchool-based counsellors and therapists are a routine feature of many other education systems internationallyMon Jul 01 2024 - 03:00
Leaving Cert class divide of 138 points linked with students’ family backgroundsChildren of professionals get average of 464 points compared with 326 for those born to lowest-skilled parentsSat Jun 29 2024 - 06:00
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 associationFri Jun 28 2024 - 00:01
New teachers to receive €2,000 incentive to stay year in Irish classroomsInitiative comes as primary and secondary schools struggle to find qualified teachersThu Jun 27 2024 - 06:00
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 sufferingSat Jun 22 2024 - 06:00
‘We have heard horrible stories of what can happen’: Leaving Cert holidays spell euphoria for students but anxiety for parentsPortuguese resort Albufeira is the hottest destination for post-exam trips this year, while the Greek island of Zante is popular among south Dublin schoolsSat Jun 22 2024 - 05:45
‘Every day he asks and every day our hearts break’: Children with special needs lack school places for SeptemberAll children have a diagnosis of autism and require either a special class or special school placement in order to meet their assessed needs.Thu Jun 20 2024 - 06:00
WorldSkills Ireland event to be staged alongside Higher Options this yearLargest ever concentration of career and study information for school leaversWed Jun 19 2024 - 18:00
Pupils’ seaweed soap business cleans up at entrepreneur awardsMore than 100,000 students have participated in the Junior Entrepreneur Programme since 2010Tue Jun 18 2024 - 21:04
Extra lab funding needed to avoid ‘unfair’ advantage under Leaving Cert reformsSenior cycle reforms will require physics, chemistry and biology students to complete science investigations worth 40% of marksMon Jun 17 2024 - 06:00
Yoga, pilates, coding clubs: schools encouraged to make facilities available to the wider communityAny income from renting premises will not affect schools’ State grants, capitation fees or other public fundingThu Jun 13 2024 - 07:41
‘Very challenging’: Reaction to Leaving Cert French and history examsMore than 100,000 students are completing day six of the State examsWed Jun 12 2024 - 20:52
‘This is horrendous - it’s no way to treat a child’: Parents’ anger over lack of school places in Taoiseach’s home townAll three secondary schools in Greystones, Co Wicklow are heavily oversubscribedWed Jun 12 2024 - 05:00
‘Great confidence boost’: Reaction to today’s Leaving Cert biology and Junior Cycle French examsIt’s day five of the exams for more than 100,000 students around the countryTue Jun 11 2024 - 17:54
Parents to be polled on school preferences in bid to accelerate school choiceAlmost 90 per cent of the 3,600 primary schools in the State remain Catholic in ethosTue Jun 11 2024 - 17:48
Leaving Cert Irish paper two: student-friendly, but challenging in partsSome of the language in a reading comprehension on the topical issue of artificial intelligence was challengingTue Jun 11 2024 - 17:29
Students ‘delighted’ after maths, but Irish exam poses challenges for someTeachers said students would have been comfortable working through the short maths questions, while long questions required some careful reading and thinkingMon Jun 10 2024 - 19:45
‘Many will feel deflated’: Live reaction to today’s Leaving Cert and Junior Cycle examsLeaving Certs face maths paper 2 and Irish paper 1, while Junior Cycle students have science and business studiesMon Jun 10 2024 - 19:12
Leaving Cert Irish paper one: ‘At first glance many would have felt disappointed’Language in the listening comprehension was ‘challenging’ and at a ‘fast pace’Mon Jun 10 2024 - 19:01
Leaving Cert maths paper two: ‘overwhelmingly positive’ response from studentsA good mixture of questions that gradually increased the challenge of the paper, say teachersMon Jun 10 2024 - 14:13
Hundreds of schools appeal ‘cuts’ to learning support hours About 120 schools to get 1,000 additional hours after flagging inadequate support for vulnerable pupilsMon Jun 10 2024 - 06:00
