Students and parents to have say in education [Independent.ie]
- Published: 23 July 2010
Parents and students will have a say in the running of their schools with a new inspection process being planned for September.
The new questionnaires allow students and parents the opportunity to let the Department of Education know their views on everything from bullying, to how the school is run, to teaching and learning.
Between 20 and 30 questions, available in English, Irish, Polish, Lithuanian and some other languages, are planned and will be used as part of the Whole School Evaluation (WSE) process.
Parents and pupils will be asked to tick boxes ranging from "strongly agree" to "not sure" in response to questions such as "the school deals well with bullying" or "teaching is good in the school".
Education Minister Mary Coughlan said yesterday the questionnaires would add to the robustness of the evaluation process.
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