Minister for Education says small schools are ‘the heart of the community’
The Minister for Education says small schools are ‘the heart of the community’. Speaking at Oideas Gael in Glencolmcille, Co Donegal yesterday evening, Minister Joe McHugh was responding to questions raised over a recent EU report on class sizes, with Ireland among the highest in Europe. Almost one quarter of…
Minister fails to commit to retaining two teachers in Kiltyclogher NS
The Minister for Education has failed to give any clear committment to staff at a small school in county Leitrim that is at risk of losing a teacher. Kiltyclogher National School is a two-teacher school but next year it falls below the Department threshold to retain that second teacher by…
Minister says young teachers will lose out by staying outside deal
The Minister for Education says young teachers in the ASTI will suffer a permanent financial loss after the union rejected a new pay deal. Richard Bruton says the offer to bring new teacher’s starting salaries to 35,000 euro from 2018 was at the limit of what can be afforded. He…
Two million euro being invested in school technology
Almost two million euro is to be invested in computers and Information Communication Technology in primary and secondary schools in the North West. It’s part of funding of 30 million euro which was announced this week by the minister for education Richard Bruton for schools around the country. €709,000 is…