More schools to face surprise inspections from September [schooldays.ie]
- Published: 16 June 2011
Post-primary schools will face unannounced inspections from the start of the next school year in order to evaluate their performance, if new proposals from the Department of Education and Skills are approved.
The process will run alongside an established system already in place for primary schools that does not inform them before inspectors arrive.
Minister for Education Ruairi Quinn welcomed the proposals, stating: "These inspections are an important development and are a logical component of ongoing reforms to inspection processes for primary and post-primary schools."
He added it will allow inspectors to obtain "authentic information" about the learning experience provided to pupils.
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