Teacher's Pet [IrishTimes]
- Published: 14 September 2010
An insider’s guide to education
** Where has Minister for Education Mary Coughlan gone? After a bright start in Marlborough Street, she has been keeping a very low profile of late – despite this year’s media storm over the Leaving Cert and the return of the points race. All very curious; perhaps she is readying herself to deliver a Big Idea that will re- invigorate our education system.
** Is the fall in the world rankings of TCD and UCD a blessing in disguise for the university sector?
With luck , it might serve as a wake-up call for a Government that has no coherent policy for higher education.
Consider the current mess. The Government identifies the universities as key engines of economic revival, but then proceeds to starve them of funds. An expert report (commissioned by the Government itself) says bring back tuition charges, but the Government says this is off the agenda because of an agreement with the Greens.
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