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NEPS service has been withdrawn at short notice and without explanation from 29 primary schools (5348 children) in South Dublin. These schools have been told they can avail of the commissioning service for assessments (SCPA). The eff ...

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STUDENTS engaged in borderline criminal activity in the classroom should be reported to the gardaí, Education Minister Mary Hanafin has insisted.


It emerged yesterday that u ...

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MALICIOUS students are using the controversial 'rate my teacher' website to bully other students by posting personal and hurtful comments about them online.

Some students are also setting up their own websites to ...

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THE Attorney General has been asked to decide urgently if it is legal for schools to fill promotion posts partly on the basis of seniority.

This follows a strong warning that the existing procedures discriminate against women and favour m ...

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CHILDREN of more than 100 different nationalities are being taught in primary schools in the Dublin Diocese, it was revealed yesterday.

Archbishop of Dublin Dr Diarmuid Martin said he had ...

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TEACHERS and parents have given a guarded welcome to a plan backed by Justice Minister Michael McDowell to develop school-based childcare.

The minister said funding is already available in every ...

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Secret memos show money, not safety, the main reason for delays in introduction of seat belts

THE Government put costs before safety on school buses for years, startling new documents reveal.

And thou ...

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THE parents of a boy with a severe and complex syndrome pleaded with the Education Minister last night to keep his full-time classroom assistant.

John and Rachel Kelleher said the decision ...

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THE Desperate Housewives came to the Dáil looking for some action yesterday.

But it wasn't the stars of the hit US TV s ...

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The DES has now published education information on its website in 6 languages - German, Latvian, Polish, Spanish, Lithuanian and Russian. It is hoped that the information will be of help to parents whose first language is not Eng ...

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What is EUREKA?

  • EUREKA is a weekly, four-page glossy science publication for primary schools.
  • It is written and researched in St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra by Paula Kilfeather, Janet Varley and ...

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The European Award for Languages - the language label (EAL) is designed to recognise and endorse creative initiatives in language teaching and learning. It is awarded annually to a limited number of projects in each EU membe ...

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One of the major talking points among 750 primary school principals attending the Irish Primary Principals Network (IPPN) annual conference in Citywest, Dublin this week is how to provide for children with special education needs ...

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ALL schools will have broadband access before the end of the next school year, giving free, 'always on' high speed links to the Internet.

Seven contractors have been appointed to connect the 3,925 schools as part of an €1 ...

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Would you or teachers in your school like to be awarded 3,000 euro? Or how would you like to supplement the Irish teaching resources in your school?

If intere ...

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THE Government was accused of gross hypocrisy last night for slashing the hours of a school's special needs assistants (SNA) just days after passing the controversial Disability Bill.

"We' ...

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MORE male students must be encouraged to enter the teaching profession to avoid a gender imbalance at primary schools across the country, Education Minister Mary Hanafin said yesterday.

Ms Hanafin raised concerns as two out of every fiv ...

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EDUCATION Minister Mary Hanafin has rejected criticism that her department has failed to provide adequate levels of support to teachers who have to deal with disruptive students.


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"Small schools face the same fate as Ireland's rural Post Offices, Garda Stations, and Banks unless urgent action is taken" according to Dr. Mark Morgan, Head of Education in St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra. "New Horizons for S ...

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Statement by John Carr, General Secretary,
Irish National Teachers' Organisation, on Special Needs Education

8 May, 2005

INTO welcomes significant increase in resources for special needs pupils < ...

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