A bill to end single-sex schools was published by the Labour party on February 15th. The policies must be finalised within the next 10-15 years. The party says that this move is needed to tackle Read more…
Schools in Uganda have reopened to students this week, ending the longest school disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic anywhere in the world. Read more…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he number of confirmed Covid-19 outbreaks in schools has seen a significant drop this week. According to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HSPC) bulletin, there were a total of 10 outbreaks and 45 confirmed cases Read more…
P-TECH, a new pilot programme is being launched in three Dublin secondary schools to give access to higher education. Read more…
[dropcap]u[/dropcap]p to 3,600 unqualified or unregistered teachers have been employed by schools to cover absences due to career breaks or sick leave in 2016/17.
The programme, which was developed over the last two years, takes the form of four lessons based in the 5th and 6th class Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE) curriculum. Research on the programme was led by a team from St. Patrick’s College, DCU comprising of Dr. Bernie Collins, Dr. Seline Keating and Prof. Mark Morgan. Read more…