Minister for Education Norma Foley TD has confirmed that the date the State Examinations Commission intends to issue the Leaving Certificate 2023 results is Friday, 25 August 2023. Minister Foley said: “The SEC has confirmed to me that it intends to issue Leaving Certificate results this year on 25 August. This is a significant and … Read more
Plans for students to sit half their Irish and English Leaving Cert papers at the end of fifth year have been shelved following stiff opposition from teachers and students. The move, which was made last year, was the first of several envisioned adjustments to overhaul the Senior Cycle. The Irish Examiner reports that Minister for … Read more
Minister for Education Norma Foley TD and Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris TD today announced the publication of Education Indicators for Ireland 2022 – which presents a comprehensive set of educational indicators for the education system in Ireland. This report covers all levels of education starting with early … 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
Minister for Education Norma Foley announced details of the 2022 Dormant Accounts Funding to provide targeted supports to tackle education disadvantages for Traveller and Roma students. Under the 2022 Dormant Accounts Fund Action Plan, the Department of Education received €400,000 to tackle education disadvantages for Traveller and Roma communities and to support attendance, participation and … Read more
Minister for Education Norma Foley announces the opening of a tender process to undertake an independent evaluation of the STAR pilot project, dedicated to tackling educational disadvantage in Traveller and Roma communities. The Supporting Traveller and Roma (STAR) pilot project in education was established in 2019 under the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy (NTRIS) … Read more
The Minister for Education Norma Foley announced the creation of 21 new 2022 Creative Clusters comprising 78 schools. Creative Clusters is an initiative taking place as part of Creative Ireland and under the Schools Excellence Fund. The Department of Education’s budget for Creative Clusters in 2022 is €595,000. Under this scheme to support schools to … Read more
Minister for Education Norma Foley TD and Minister of State for Special Education and Inclusion Josepha Madigan TD have congratulated the 58,056 Leaving Cert candidates and 3,051 Leaving Cert Applied candidates who will receive their results today. Some 58,056 Leaving Cert students and 3,051 Leaving Cert Applied students sat exams across the country earlier this … 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
The Government has announced that the back-to-school allowance is to increase by 100 euros per child, as part of a 67 million euro package announced to help with the cost-of-living crisis. The €67 million package includes €50 million for Social Welfare Measures and an additional €17 million for Education Measures. The announcement was made by … Read more
Minister for Education Norma Foley and Minister of State with responsibility for Special Education Josepha Madigan announced a summer education programme for pupils with complex special educational needs and those at greatest risk of educational disadvantage for summer 2022. Building on the successful 2021 programme, all schools (primary and post-primary) will once again be encouraged … Read more
The Minister for Education, Norma Foley, announced an extension of the “Say Yes to Languages” primary languages sampler module for a further year and invited primary schools to apply to participate in the module. The length of the module in 2022/23 will be increased from 6 to 8 weeks. The grant to schools participating will … Read more
The Minister for Education Norma Foley TD announced her intention to provide funding for a new postgraduate programme to upskill registered post-primary teachers teaching social personal and health education/ relationships and sexuality education (SPHE/RSE). This programme will provide a pathway for progression for post-primary teachers interested in developing their skills in teaching SPHE/RSE and in … Read more
The Minister for Education Norma Foley announced that €20 million will be provided to recognised primary and post-primary schools for the purchase of books, audiobooks, and other media for the purposes of improving their existing literacy resource banks. This €20 million fund will be paid to schools in the coming weeks and is additional to … Read more
The Minister for Education Norma Foley TD has announced the establishment of Regional Education and Language Teams (REALT) to support the needs of Ukrainian children arriving in Ireland. These Education and Language Teams will be hosted by the 16 regional education and training boards (ETBs) and will be staffed by existing regionally-based education support personnel … Read more