Education (Amendment) Bill 2010 [education.ie]
- Published: 30 September 2010
The Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills publishes the Education (Amendment) Bill 2010 - paving the way for VEC involvement in primary education and making a number of other important changes to the Education and Teaching Council Acts
The Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills, Mary Coughlan TD, today published the Education (Amendment) Bill which provides for a legislative framework to allow Vocational Education Committees to become involved in primary education provision.
Publishing the Education (Amendment) Bill, the Tánaiste said 'The changing shape of Irish society is placing new and complex demands on our education system in responding to the diverse needs of our communities.
'A new model of community national school, which is being piloted in two locations in Dublin since September 2008 and three further locations in Counties Dublin, Kildare and Meath since September 2010, seeks to meet the need for a new form of plurality of education provision within the framework of a single school setting.
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