Department Of Education

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar confirmed yesterday that primary and secondary schools would reopen at the end of August. Speaking to reporters, he said the G(...)

Almost 1,000 Leaving Cert students have failed to register for their calculated grades ahead of Friday’s extended noon deadline. A total of 98 per ce(...)

There’s lots of commentary about reopening schools. How safe would it be to do this? Latest research by the HSE has concluded schools are “not a hig(...)

The Minister of Education Joe McHugh has said it is difficult to see all students being able to return to school in September if the two-metre social (...)

The deadline for Leaving Cert students to register for calculated grades has been extended until noon on Friday, the Minister for Education has confir(...)

All students will not be able to return to school full-time in September even if social distancing rules are reduced from two metres to one, Minister (...)

About 10,000 Leaving Cert students have yet to apply to receive calculated grades ahead of the deadline which expires at 10pm on Thursday night. Stud(...)

If Ireland’s higher education and research sector is left to face its current financial challenge on its own, “with the State ignoring it the way it h(...)

Teachers are being advised to “securely destroy” any supporting documentation they generate in reaching a decision on a students’ grades. This may in(...)

Significant numbers of Leaving Cert students are likely to defer taking up college places this year because of disruption linked to the coronavirus pa(...)