Minister White launches Ireland's first national "Intercultural Education Strategy", 2010-2015 [education.ie]
- Published: 16 September 2010
The Minister of State for Equality, Integration and Human Rights, Mary White TD, today launched Ireland's first national Intercultural Education Strategy.
The Strategy, which has a five year lifespan, contains the ten key components and five high level goals of intercultural education, which form the basis of the Strategy’s implementation plan.
Based on the findings to emerge from the extensive research and consultations, a common plan has been proposed for all sectors of education.
Speaking at the launch of the strategy in Croke Park today Minister White outlined its aims.
'Put learners at its core by respecting the diversity of values, beliefs, languages and traditions in Irish society and to assist educators, whatever their setting, in creating a learning environment where inclusion and integration within an intercultural learning environment become the norm.’
The Minister acknowledged the good practice already found across all sectors of education,
'Through building on existing good practice and the experience and professionalism of our educators, I am confident that the aims of the Strategy can be achieved.’
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