E-scéal 140: www.EducationPosts.ie - Delay in Rule Change
- Published: 09 January 2008
With the establishment of the new Boards of Management, and the publication of the Revised Constitution for Boards of Management, it has been agreed to include web-based advertising as an alternative option to national newspapers. IPPN has lobbied for this zero cost alternative since 2002 when it first launched www.EducationPosts.ie as a portal for vacancy advertising.
It was intended by the Education Partners, who revised the Constitution and Rules of Procedure for the new BoMs, that this option would begin from January 1st 2008. A Circular was to be issued by the Department of Education & Science at the end of 2007 outlining the details of web-based advertising. This Circular has not been issued yet and pending its arrival the rules for advertising posts remain as they were and all relevant vacancies should be advertised in a national daily newspaper until further notice.
In light of financial pressure on schools, we eagerly await the go ahead to switch completely from newspapers to www.EducationPosts.ie
