Thousands of children left with unqualified teachers amid staffing ‘crisis’
Primary school leaders say difficulties filling staff vacancies is having a ‘profound’ impact on the quality of education
Catholic Primary School Managers' Association
All schools to get free solar panels to help tackle energy bills
Solar energy will cut carbon emissions and feed national grid when up to 4,000 schools are closed during summer months
‘Unprecedented’ teacher shortages at primary level hits most vulnerable pupils
Survey reveals 800 vacant teaching posts and projects an additional lack of 1,200 more
‘Crisis level’: Schools ‘can no longer rely on bailouts from bank of mum and dad’
Managers say ‘chronic underfunding’ means many schools are struggling to provide heat, lighting and water in schools
Dublin’s Catholic archdiocese challenges TDs who criticised slow pace of change in Catholic control of schools
Labour’s Aodhán Ó Ríordáin told the Dáil ‘these processes are being set up to fail, not by the Minister, but by those with a vested interested in preserving the status quo’
Primary pupils to learn foreign languages under new curriculum from 2025
New blueprint includes bigger focus on science, technology, wellbeing and arts - and less time for Irish
President says schools should be obliged to teach ‘sexuality in the fullest sense’
Higgins’s comments come in wake of debate regarding transgender education in schools
Taoiseach backs inclusion of transgender identity in primary school curriculum
Leo Varadkar said ‘information and facts’ should be provided but not ‘value judgment’
Religion in schools: What do parents want?
In the News podcast looks at moves to make some Catholic schools multi-denominational
Share your experiences: Are we bubble-wrapping our children?
Tell us if overprotective parenting is harming young people’s mental health and social skills
Parents ‘bubble-wrapping’ children may damage mental health, committee told
Schools face rising ‘interpersonal issues’ which often occur on social media
Minister slows down school reform in response to concerns
School admission changes now due to come into force in the 2020/2021 school year
Legal obstacles flagged over subject on world religions in primary schools
Catholic groups opposed to subject on basis that it could undermine ethos of schools
Just 1% of students ‘opt out’ of religion classes in Catholic schools
Submissions on NCCA plans for curriculum argue parents happy with faith-based model
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