https://www.rte.ie/news/education/en-ieRTÉ 2025-RTÉ Commercial Enterprises Ltd, Registration No: 155076, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, Ireland.Tue, 24 Jun 2025 11:57:13 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/education/2025/0624/1519991-education-senior-cycle/Plans to overhaul how Leaving Certificate students are assessed will be discussed by the leadership of the ASTI teachers' union at a two-day meeting in Killarney which begins this afternoon.Tue, 24 Jun 2025 06:34:54 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/education/2025/0624/1519991-education-senior-cycle/Educationhttps://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2025/0622/1519565-child-protection-policy/The policy - Child Protection Procedures for Schools, 2025 - is an update on its original 2017 document. One of the key innovations is, for the first time, to provide explicit guidance to schools on how they should deal with former pupils presenting with a claim of historic abuse.Sun, 22 Jun 2025 07:01:00 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2025/0622/1519565-child-protection-policy/Irelandhttps://www.rte.ie/news/education/2025/0619/1519232-education-plan/The Minister for Education and Youth and Minister of State for Special Education and Inclusion have published a document outlining their plans this year for education.Thu, 19 Jun 2025 06:35:03 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/education/2025/0619/1519232-education-plan/Educationhttps://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/0618/1519000-school-smartphone-ban/Banning smartphones in schools has little or no impact on the wellbeing of students or their education or on the prevalence of online bullying, research by the Anti-Bullying Centre at Dublin City University has found.Wed, 18 Jun 2025 00:01:00 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/0618/1519000-school-smartphone-ban/Irelandhttps://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2025/0617/1518949-james-browne-housing/Minister for Housing James Browne has claimed it would be "unworkable and unenforceable" to require landlords to offer special exemptions to students and lower their rentTue, 17 Jun 2025 15:54:20 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2025/0617/1518949-james-browne-housing/Politicshttps://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0617/1518763-schools-uniforms/The State watchdog for competition has warned schools that their back-to-school arrangements could harm competition and increase costs for families.Tue, 17 Jun 2025 00:01:00 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0617/1518763-schools-uniforms/Educationhttps://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/0613/1518320-special-needs-education-court/A judge has granted the parents of 25 children leave in the High Court to legally challenge the Minister for Education and Youth Helen McEntee and the National Council for Special Education on their failure to provide school places for special needs children.Fri, 13 Jun 2025 14:13:37 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/0613/1518320-special-needs-education-court/Educationhttps://www.rte.ie/news/education/2025/0612/1518003-education/The Catholic Primary School Management Association (CPSMA) has said record numbers of schools have been obliged to seek emergency financial assistance from the Department of Education this year, as they struggle to meet dramatically increased running costs with inadequate funding.Thu, 12 Jun 2025 07:18:15 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/education/2025/0612/1518003-education/Educationhttps://www.rte.ie/news/education/2025/0612/1518078-mcentee-special-classes/Minister for Education Helen McEntee says there have been difficulties finding a place in a special class for some children in Dublin.Thu, 12 Jun 2025 11:21:10 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/education/2025/0612/1518078-mcentee-special-classes/Educationhttps://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0611/1517937-strike-forsa/School secretaries and caretakers could strike when schools reopen after the summer break in pursuit of better pension provisions after a trade union ballot returned a strong mandate for such a move.Wed, 11 Jun 2025 16:41:38 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0611/1517937-strike-forsa/Educationhttps://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0611/1517964-fulbright-board-trump/The board overseeing the Fulbright program, the prestigious exchanges between US and foreign scholars, have quit after accusing US President Donald Trump's administration of political interference.Wed, 11 Jun 2025 18:58:08 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0611/1517964-fulbright-board-trump/UShttps://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0609/1517548-leaving-cert-reform/The ASTI has called for talks with the Department of Education following the rejection by its members of measures to support implementation of the Senior Cycle redevelopment programme from this September.Mon, 09 Jun 2025 18:06:06 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0609/1517548-leaving-cert-reform/Educationhttps://www.rte.ie/news/education/2025/0607/1517257-school-places-protest/Around 500 people have protested in Dublin about the lack of school places this September for children with additional needs.Sat, 07 Jun 2025 18:03:55 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/education/2025/0607/1517257-school-places-protest/Educationhttps://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0606/1517160-asti-members-reject-leaving-cert-reforms/ASTI members have voted to reject proposals aimed at enabling Leaving Cert reforms, and have also endorsed industrial action.Fri, 06 Jun 2025 20:23:30 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0606/1517160-asti-members-reject-leaving-cert-reforms/Educationhttps://www.rte.ie/news/education/2025/0605/1516766-primary-school-grants/The largest school management body in the country has criticised what it says is a reduction of more than one third in the State grant given to primary schools this year for ICT.Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:00:01 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/education/2025/0605/1516766-primary-school-grants/Educationhttps://www.rte.ie/news/ulster/2025/0605/1516780-monaghan-farm-safety/A primary school in Co Monaghan is holding a multi-agency initiative aimed at improving its pupils' awareness of farm safety.Thu, 05 Jun 2025 01:38:24 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/ulster/2025/0605/1516780-monaghan-farm-safety/Ulsterhttps://www.rte.ie/news/education/2025/0604/1516539-state-exams-ireland/A record number of students have begun the State Leaving and Junior Certificate exams today.Wed, 04 Jun 2025 06:01:01 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/education/2025/0604/1516539-state-exams-ireland/Educationhttps://www.rte.ie/news/education/2025/0604/1516711-trinity-college-cuts-ties-with-israeli-organisations/The governing body of Trinity College Dublin has voted to cease links with Israeli organisations with immediate effect.Wed, 04 Jun 2025 16:16:16 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/education/2025/0604/1516711-trinity-college-cuts-ties-with-israeli-organisations/Educationhttps://www.rte.ie/news/education/2025/0603/1516464-leaving-cert-sligo/Throughout the month of May, around 35 students have been coming every day to study in Tubbercurry Community Library's bright spaces and under its high ceilings, writes Emma O Kelly.Tue, 03 Jun 2025 14:07:59 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/education/2025/0603/1516464-leaving-cert-sligo/Educationhttps://www.rte.ie/news/education/2025/0603/1516518-leaving-cert-exam-papers/Boxes of exam papers are arriving at secondary schools around the country ahead of the Leaving Certificate and Junior Cycle exams.Tue, 03 Jun 2025 17:57:10 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/education/2025/0603/1516518-leaving-cert-exam-papers/Leaving Certhttps://www.rte.ie/news/education/2025/0602/1516208-apprenticeship-plc/As thousands of students prepare to sit their Leaving Cert exams, we are hearing from young people who took alternative paths to the CAO points race.Mon, 02 Jun 2025 07:00:00 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/education/2025/0602/1516208-apprenticeship-plc/Educationhttps://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0601/1515990-laois-rose-apprentice-leaving-cert/As pupils prepare to start their Leaving Cert in just a few days, we are hearing from young people who took alternative paths to the CAO.Sun, 01 Jun 2025 07:00:00 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0601/1515990-laois-rose-apprentice-leaving-cert/Leaving Certhttps://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0531/1515432-leaving-cert-and-me/The Leaving Certificate begin for tens of thousands of students on Wednesday.Sat, 31 May 2025 07:00:01 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0531/1515432-leaving-cert-and-me/Leaving Certhttps://www.rte.ie/news/education/2025/0530/1516005-tui-vote/Members of the Teachers' Union of Ireland have voted by a margin of 73% to 27% to accept negotiated implementation measures for senior cycle redevelopment.Fri, 30 May 2025 17:51:46 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/education/2025/0530/1516005-tui-vote/Educationhttps://www.rte.ie/news/education/2025/0528/1515383-dundalk-maynooth-partnership/Dundalk Institute of Technology and Maynooth University have launched a new partnership with the aim of advancing higher education in the region.Wed, 28 May 2025 11:17:05 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/education/2025/0528/1515383-dundalk-maynooth-partnership/Educationhttps://www.rte.ie/news/us/2025/0527/1515281-us-visas/The Trump administration has ordered US embassies around the world to pause scheduling new visa interviews for foreign students.Tue, 27 May 2025 19:40:07 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/us/2025/0527/1515281-us-visas/UShttps://www.rte.ie/news/education/2025/0527/1515293-earring/A 16-year-old Transition Year student has won €9,000 in compensation for gender-based discrimination and victimisation after he was punished for wearing an ear piercing to school at the start of term last year.Tue, 27 May 2025 21:03:53 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/education/2025/0527/1515293-earring/Education