Three teachers’ unions look set to reject pay dealASTI’s standing committee recommends rejection of proposed public sector pay dealTue Jun 27 2017 - 19:22
Private schools will ruck on despite new admission rulesThe changes take aim at policies of such schools, but little will change on the groundTue Jun 27 2017 - 18:56
Schools to be given five years to phase out waiting lists‘Old school tie’ provision will limit places for past-pupils to no more than 25%Tue Jun 27 2017 - 13:25
Cork Institute of Technology announces new interim presidentDr Barry O’Connor says third-level requires extra financial support from specific departmentsMon Jun 26 2017 - 21:56
NUIG to drop students’ names from exam papers amid bias concernsAnonymous marking was pledged 13 years ago but was never followed through - unionMon Jun 26 2017 - 19:23
Leaving Cert music: from uilleann pipes to ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’‘All compositions in major key so students had no opportunity to be melancholy’Thu Jun 22 2017 - 23:18
Universities accused of ‘misleading’ Dáil committee over financial affairsDIT president regrets not providing committee with ‘highly critical’ report of managment failuresThu Jun 22 2017 - 17:40
DIT officials to appear before PAC after withholding report on €700,000 lossSenior third-level college officials will appear before the Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee to face allegations that they misled TDsThu Jun 22 2017 - 10:26
Report criticises DIT’s lack of oversight on €30 million in spendingExternal report finds lack of management oversight and breaches in purchasing policyThu Jun 22 2017 - 09:45
Concerns raised over spending issues at DIT subsidiaryAn Chéim’s board conducted ‘forensic analysis’ of services provided to tech companyThu Jun 22 2017 - 01:00
DIT president ordered to show report on lost €700,000TDs accuse college of misleading members over serious management failuresThu Jun 22 2017 - 01:00
Junior Cert music: Harmonious affair for most studentsVivaldi’s ‘Spring’ strikes the right note for most students on a hot summer’s dayWed Jun 21 2017 - 14:07
Children should be able to attend local school ‘regardless of religion’Oireachtas committee also recommends accessible alternatives to religious classesWed Jun 21 2017 - 11:07
Junior Cert materials technology: rocking chair on ‘balanced’ paperTeachers happy with range of questions and quality of graphicsMon Jun 19 2017 - 19:00
Junior Cert technical graphics: ‘Even the most gifted students were caught for time’Higher-level candidates report a lack of time to complete the paperMon Jun 19 2017 - 14:56
Migrant pupils falling behind at reading, research showsAchievement gap is ‘not large’ compared to many other developed countriesFri Jun 16 2017 - 08:20
Leo Varadkar becomes first ‘Trinity Taoiseach’Election marks a milestone in ‘normalising’ an institution once linked to Protestant eliteWed Jun 14 2017 - 18:45
Junior Cert Business: Brexit and strikes feature on topical paperPaper provided a good chance for applicants to apply their knowledge to current affairsTue Jun 13 2017 - 20:24
Investigation begins into how Leaving Cert paper was posted on FacebookImages of paper posted to Facebook group for teachers shortly after exam beganTue Jun 13 2017 - 16:16
State to lease primary school from Catholic Church under new divestment planKerry school under Catholic patronage to be re-opened as a community national schoolMon Jun 12 2017 - 20:21
Gaelscoileanna to provide faith classes for a variety of religionsAn Foras Pátrúnachta is to introduce a new multidenominational model in its schoolsMon Jun 12 2017 - 01:00
ASTI leaders under pressure following strategy U-turnCalls for leadership figures to resign after members vote to suspend industrial actionMon Jun 12 2017 - 01:00
ASTI brings end to futile campaign that divided unionAnalysis: Anger over new entrants’ pay may lead resumption in hostilities next autumnSun Jun 11 2017 - 16:12
Trainee and retired teachers will be asked to plug acute staffing gapsUnions say emigration of young Irish teachers a key factor behind shortagesFri Jun 09 2017 - 19:42
Junior Cert Irish paper 2: ‘Students challenged with detailed questions’Afternoon paper a tougher task for manyThu Jun 08 2017 - 18:24
Trinity and UCD climb in latest world university rankingsUCD says it may need to ‘reduce number of places to Irish students to preserve quality’Thu Jun 08 2017 - 08:50
Junior Cert English: Students challenged to think rather than regurgitateMixed reaction to the first paper of the new Junior Cycle English curriculumWed Jun 07 2017 - 13:32
Leaving Cert exams in eastern European languages on rise726 students enter for the Polish exam – the most popular non-curricular subjectWed Jun 07 2017 - 01:00
Exams body confident it will have enough teachers to correct workJunior and Leaving Cert gets under way for more than 120,000 studentsWed Jun 07 2017 - 01:00
Leaving Cert: Record number taking higher-level subjectsStudents aim to take advantage of CAO reforms as 121,000 prepare for examsTue Jun 06 2017 - 08:54
Give me a crash course in … school waiting listsLead-in time should mean any parent with a child’s on a list is unlikely to be affectedSat Jun 03 2017 - 00:00
As Leaving Cert starts, exam correctors ‘urgently’ neededAuthorities issue appeal to working, retired and newly qualified teachersThu Jun 01 2017 - 13:09
Employers resist Government moves to force them to pay more for educationMinisters Richard Bruton and Paschal Donohoe say increase in employers’ levy needed to tackle ‘crisis’ in fundingWed May 31 2017 - 20:59
Third level students showcase new social entrepreneurship projectsEnactus Ireland event recognises students’ efforts to to support marginalised people in the communityWed May 31 2017 - 14:16
Delay in opening Ballinteer Educate Together ‘not right’Pupils at south Dublin school have been using temporary accommodation since 2012Tue May 30 2017 - 21:47
Children to lose school places as waiting lists phased outWaiting lists to be phased out within three to five years as part of admission reformsTue May 30 2017 - 06:36
Private school to hire 80 teachers on rates above public sectorDublin school’s fees to cost about €20,000 a year, making it most expensive State schoolTue May 30 2017 - 01:00
Baptism barrier: Education officials warn against catchment area solutionCatholic-backed move would require new laws and boundary-dispute adjudicationMon May 29 2017 - 21:56
Bruton signals interest in economics portfolio in potential reshuffleMinister for Education backing ‘reforming, decisive, imaginative’ Varadkar as leaderMon May 29 2017 - 15:52
New Dublin school in talks with multinationals over places for executives’ childrenInternational school’s European rates for second-level typically run to €20,000 a yearMon May 29 2017 - 07:11
‘Baptism barrier’ plan must not hit minority faiths, Bruton saysMinister says school admission reforms must respect desire of religious for special schoolsMon May 29 2017 - 01:25
Private school enrolments are on the rise as economy recoversNew figures show pupil numbers in fee-paying schools are set to reach boom-time highsMon May 29 2017 - 01:00
Students to get ‘living portfolios’ aimed at boosting job prospectsDCU initiative part of trend among universities to focus on employability of graduatesWed May 24 2017 - 13:22
New University of Limerick chief to deal with damaging allegationsPresident says ‘anaemic’ management may have played role in way claims handledTue May 23 2017 - 01:00
University of Limerick review based on at least a dozen allegationsCollege’s governance, human resources and financial practices to be examinedSun May 21 2017 - 19:06
Teachers at Deansgrange school feel ‘betrayed’ over sale of pitchesAnger among parents as 7.5 acres of land at Clonkeen College is to be put up for saleFri May 19 2017 - 10:38
ASTI members face pay cuts of €2,500 if cover withdrawnWarning from Department of Education ratchets up tension in long-running disputeFri May 19 2017 - 01:00
Just 2% of school-leavers taking apprenticeships, committee hearsLow take-up contrasts with Germany where 60% of students take up ‘earn-and-learn’ optionsTue May 16 2017 - 20:46
Universities resisted declaring tens of millions in assetsAudits also reveal extra payments to staff and non-compliance with procurement rulesTue May 16 2017 - 01:00
University of Limerick inquiry raises wider questionsClaiming expenses: ‘If you were on the VIP list you played by different rules’Tue May 16 2017 - 01:00
