Minister for Education Norma Foley has announced €29 million in minor works funding for primary and special schools. Schools will have the autonomy to use this funding for maintenance and small-scale improvements to school buildings and grounds. Minor works funding may also be used for the improvement or replacement of mechanical and electrical services, the … Read more
More than 67,000 students will receive their eagerly awaited Junior Cycle exam results later today, five months after the exams were taken. The usual two-month wait for students to receive their grades has now lasted four months. Moreover, they were the first students since the Covid pandemic exam cancellation in 2019 to take the entire … Read more
A new Junior Cert curriculum will see lessons about pornography given in the classroom for the first time in Ireland, following a major review of Relationships and Sexuality Education. A revamp for the teaching of young teenagers, to be published today, could prove controversial among some parents. The draft curriculum will tackle pornography, with reference to the … Read more