Norma Foley tells Oireachtas committee that her department is alerting the Department of Children to areas where there is school capacity but its first priority is to provide

Government, educators, parents, and campaigners need to work together to dismantle misogyny that is deeply embedded in our culture

Parents told there will be no summer programme in 26 special schools this year

You know what needs to be done, Taoiseach. Decide to commence the act in full, and do it now

Higher Education Minister Simon Harris has said students and universities “need clarity” urgently as to when Leaving Cert results will be released.

Scheme includes the running of numeracy and literacy summer camps in Deis primary schools, among other things

The conference heard that the Ukrainian children were finding single-sex schools and the use of school uniforms here strange.

'While there is some mention of the health benefits of the arts, the idea of theatre and wellbeing has been little explored in Ireland,' says one theatre historian

The country’s two post-primary teachers’ unions, the INTO and the ASTI, passed motions opposed Leaving Cert reforms.

One delegate at the INTO Congress said that she feels she has 'no choice' but to be contactable from 6.30am to 11pm

The TUI annual congress hears school principals are swamped with the workload caused by the fallout from the pandemic and providing for the influx of Ukrainian students

ASTI and TUI members consider proposed reforms which would see teachers grading their own students

INTO will 'fight tooth and nail' to get protect members from 'runaway prices'

ASTI delegates will also consider if the union should ballot its members on undertaking industrial action for a common pay scale for all teachers

Jennifer Horgan welcomes more choice in the school curriculum, but warns increased choice in subjects will require more funding, staffing, and resources 

A move to 40% of final mark based on continuous assessment, the sitting of some exams in fifth year and the introduction of two new subjects are among the radical changes planned for the Leaving Certificate.

School communities in Arklow, Athlone, Dublin, Dundalk, and Galway can also participate in the pilot programme

€32m expansion will see 60,000 more students benefit from targeted supports to address educational disadvantage

The availability of post-primary subjects should be studied to understand where barriers are preventing students' access to specific subjects, a review looking at gender balance in STEM education has found.

Education Minister Norma Foley says she will accept the advice that comes out of tomorrow's Nphet meeting

There are 164 multi-denominational schools in the country compared with 2,750 Catholic primary schools

She has garnered the trust of senior Cabinet colleagues, but there are doubts as to whether Norma Foley has the style or vision needed for leadership

Timetables for the exams are also expected in the coming days, on examinations.ie

Education Minister Norma Foley's promise of a 'post-marking intervention' to bring grades up leaves many in the education sector expecting at least the same level of grade inflation again this year as in 2021

Campaigners and members of the Opposition criticised the Government for opting to hold traditional exams instead of a hybrid model

Norma Foley ignores students' calls for hybrid model saying there will be 'considerable' choice on exam papers

Education Minister Norma Foley has announced that the overall set of results in 2022 will not be lower than in 2021, ensuring that the class of 2022 will not be disadvantaged

Sinn Féin's Pearse Doherty described the staging of a traditional Leaving Cert in 2022 as 'absolutely the wrong decision'

The Government is set to reject hybrid model in favour of a straightforward examination 'with some element of choice'

Bernadette Connolly’s daughter single-handedly moves her mother from a category — “missing person” — to individual humanity

The need for substantial divestment through transparent public processes is increasingly clear, writes Colm O’Connor

School inspectors will be charged with obtaining evidence of the type of bullying that is happening and identifying successful approaches

This morning, the scene of her murder on the Grand Canal on Fiona’s Way remained sealed off, as did a local bottle bank which was sealed off last night

The decision to shut schools in early December when Storm Barra hit was met with criticism in some areas

It comes as more than 13,300 children under the age of 12 tested positive for Covid-19 between December 7 and midnight on December 20

A €10m grant to improve ventilation and fund other measures in the effort to reduce viral transmission has also been pledged for the early learning and childcare sector.

Schools, higher education facilities and childcare services in Cork, Limerick, Clare, Waterford, Kerry, Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, Galway, Mayo, Wexford and Dublin should remain shut on Wednesday

HSE is to roll out information campaign so parents are fully informed as inoculation campaign set to start within a fortnight

How can parents have full trust when public health authorities are not looking closely at what is happening in schools anymore?

Dr Ronan Glynn, the deputy chief medical officer, said: "We’ve never said that schools are a safe environment. We’ve said that they’re a lower-risk environment."

The Taoiseach of the country should not be micromanaging his ministers, particularly in such crucial departments — the stakes are too high, writes Daniel McConnell.

Micheál Martin said the modelling on Covid case numbers is very worrying, with a peak expected in the coming weeks

Fianna Fáil TD, Cathal Crowe, stepped in as a special education teacher at a school in his constituency which struggled to find a substitute

Teachers who worked on the Summer Provision programme, which aims to support children with special needs and those most at risk of educational disadvantage, received payslips that referred to the initiative as the 'autistic program'