Committee On Education
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Irish Times view on the treatment of children, home and away
- Editorial
- July 13, 2019, 00:05
Set against a benchmark of the abuse of asylum seekers and migrants along the US/Mexico border, it would be easy to be complacent about the way people(...)

School imposing reduced timetables in a way that is ‘not solely child centred’
- Social Affairs
- July 4, 2019, 22:22
Schools are imposing reduced timetables on children in a way that “may not be solely child centred”, a landmark report on the issue warns. The report(...)

Children on ‘reduced timetables’ being denied education
- Social Affairs
- May 13, 2019, 00:47
Children, many of them disadvantaged or with special needs, are being denied their education by being placed on “reduced timetables” at school, an Oir(...)

Schools may have to cut access to facilities in evenings due to funding shortfalls
- Education
- April 9, 2019, 19:51
Schools may be forced to stop providing access to their facilities by local communities outside of school hours due to restrictions on hiring caretake(...)

Universities seek €234m funding injection in Budget 2019
- Education
- July 5, 2018, 00:01
Ireland’s universities are seeking a substantial increase in funding to counteract the impact of cuts to the higher education sector over the past dec(...)

Report says island schools need extra support to survive
- Education
- February 27, 2018, 17:33
Island schools are struggling to provide students with minimum required teaching time or access to key second-level subjects. That is the warning in a(...)

Obesity levels dropping in many schools
- Education
- October 24, 2017, 20:03
Obesity levels among schoolchildren are stabilising overall and dropping in many schools, new research indicates. The Joint Oireachtas Committee on E(...)

Committee calls for grants to be made available at private colleges
- Education
- October 7, 2017, 05:00
Hundreds of students from less well-off families who attend private third-level colleges in Ireland should be entitled to grants, an Oireachtas commit(...)

Government to leave door open to student loan scheme
- Education
- July 12, 2017, 01:00
The Government will leave the door open to the introduction of a student loan scheme on Wednesday when it opposes a motion to abolish student registra(...)

Brexit could lead to increase in CAO points for Irish students
- Education
- March 21, 2017, 19:53
Brexit could lead to increases in CAO points if thousands of Irish students who study in the UK opt to remain at home, a university president has war(...)