440 Ukrainian pupils currently enrolled in North West schools
There are 440 Ukrainian pupils currently enrolled in schools in the North West. There are 84 students in County Sligo and 95 in Leitrim. Donegal had the biggest number of pupils in the region, at 259. The latest figures from the Department of Education show that are…
Parents and guardians advised not to display child’s name on schoolbag
Donegal Gardaí have issued advice for parents and guardians not to have name tags with their childrens name visible on the outside of their schoolbag. The advice comes ahead of schools starting the new academic year as Gardaí say a child will automatically presume that anyone who knows their name…
School secretaries’, caretakers’ employment to be ‘regularised’
School secretaries and caretakers are to have their employment ‘regularised’ under a preliminary agreement that has been reached at the Labour Relations Commission. Many of the secretaries and caretakers are on relatively low pay and have no job security. The workers, represented by FORSA, were planning to strike but this…
Joseph Morahan Kilmactranny NS on the Junior Entrepreneur Programme
Joseph Morahan (11) from 5th Class in Kilmactranny National School, Sligo spoke to The Francie Boylan Show about his project for the Junior Entrepreneur Programme called ‘Frame Your Family’. For more information or to purchase one you can call Rob on 071 9647529. The Francie Boylan Show airs weekdays…
Donegal TD and Education Minister Joe McHugh to visit a direct provision centre
Donegal TD and Education Minister Joe McHugh is to visit a direct provision centre in the coming weeks to hear the views of families and young people. Last night, Minister McHugh told the Dail he was confident school places would be found for up to thirty children living in direct…
Primary School ordered to pay over €93,000 in compensation as a teacher was discriminated against
A Primary School in Sligo has been ordered to pay a deputy principal nearly €94,000 in compensation after it discriminated against her because of gender in a contest for a school principal’s post. In the case which went before the Workplace Relations Commission the Board of Management of Scoil Mhuire…
Sligo/Leitirm TD claims school transport should be a ‘right not a concession’.
A Sligo/Leitrim TD claims school transport should be a ‘right not a concession’. Sinn Fein Deputy, Martin Kenny is making the comments as the new school year approaches. He says measures introduced in 2011 by then Minister for Education, Mary Coughlan, is failing rural families. Deputy Kenny believes a school…