New year-long national convention on the future of education to focus on students' needs

Education minister Helen McEntee said she planned to establish the convention as 'serious thought' needed to be given to the role and capacity of schools.

A year-long national convention on the future of education, expected to be the largest of its kind in the history of the State, is to be launched in the next school year.

The convention, to be launched by education minister Helen McEntee, will be led by an independent chair.