schools Archives – The College View

Single-sex schools to be in the past.

March 9, 2022

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

Ugandan schools reopen after over a year of closure

January 23, 2022

Schools in Uganda have reopened to students this week, ending the longest school disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic anywhere in the world.

Number of Covid outbreaks in schools dropped last week

October 13, 2021

The 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

Technology model to launch in three Dublin secondary schools

November 28, 2018

P-TECH, a new pilot programme is being launched in three Dublin secondary schools to give access to higher education.

Up to 3,600 unqualified people have worked in Irish schools

November 29, 2017

up 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.

DCU team leads research into anti-LGBTI bullying plan for primary schools

November 16, 2016

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.