FOR OUTSTANDING contributions to innovation and research in the field of absentmindedly stabbing his pencil with a compass out of sheer boredom, 13-year-old Kevin Malally is walking home with the BT Young Scientist Award 2022. “Kevin has really shown us that there is still new and refreshing ways to poke holes in your pencil case… Read more »
FRESH from suggesting teachers should open windows ‘at a lower level’ if their classrooms are cold, Minister for Education Norma Foley has offered more nuggets of wisdom in the fight against Covid in Covid-free Irish schools. While failing to realise that there’s no ‘if’ to being cold in an Irish classroom, even when temperatures outside… Read more »
AS schools look set to re-open despite ever-higher Covid cases and little to no additional measures to ensure classroom safety, principals around the country are cherry-picking the most promising students to head their classes when teachers inevitably have to drop out and isolate. “We used to do this all the time in the 80s, the… Read more »
RELIEVED parents, education professionals and experts in air filtration have breathed a collective sigh of relief as the Department of Education are on the verge of rubber stamping the procurement of €62mn worth of Hepa filters for schools. Despite the good news, some naysayers have expressed concern over the fact the contract for has been… Read more »
“I UNDERSTAND it’s a major inconvenience to parents, it’s short notice and it’s yet another interruption to childrens’ education but c’mon let’s not ignore the Covid-shaped elephant in the room anywhere,” began new Minister for Education Barra, taking decisive action in attempt to undo incomprehensible aspects of Covid strategy pursued in recent months in the… Read more »
PLASTIC see-through balls for the country’s half a million school going children are set to become the government’s latest guideline in the battle against Covid, with the introduction of self-containment balls expected to be rolled out in the new year. Despite zero stockists of the new line of protection, and a price tag of 100… Read more »
GOVERNMENT recommendations that all children aged 9 and over should wear face-masks in class has given parents just one more thing to yell about when everyone is running late, which is marvelous. Following advice from experts who clearly have no school-aged children, the government implemented the scheme until February at least, meaning it will be… Read more »
WITH news that student teachers are to be drafted in to fill teaching shortages and will of course not be paid for the privilege, question are being asked about the whereabouts of missing Minister for Education Norma Foley once again. While all reports of a missing person are concerning this particular case is more troubling… Read more »
AFTER a school principal in Wexford sounded the alarm and laid bare the flaws in the HSE’s guidance system and how lacking supports have been for improving ventilation and Co2 monitors in their school, Dept of Education officials working from home have confirmed teachers will do anything for a day off. “You’re only looking for… Read more »
THE LONG DRAWN out nature with which SUSI grant payments are delivered can cause endless worry and financial pressure for students but the much maligned process has at least one success story following a payment delivered to a student just 67 years after they graduated, WWN can report. “Aw it’s just a big weight off,… Read more »