Education

Ever considered becoming a tutor? GRETB wants to hear from you

Ever considered becoming a tutor? GRETB wants to hear from you

The Galway – Roscommon Education and Training Board (GRETB) is a further education and training organisation covering counties Galway and Roscommon. At present they are recruiting a panel of volunteer tutors to help with adult literacy, numeracy and communications. Adult education and literacy tuition is very different to learning in School. It primarily centres on

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3 Roscommon Schools to receive additional supports under DEIS Plan

3 Roscommon Schools to receive additional supports under DEIS Plan

Three Roscommon schools have been included in the Government’s DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools) Plan 2017 to tackle educational disadvantage. Strabaggan NS and St Lasair’s NS, which are both located in Arigna and Cloonbonnif NS, Castlerea will now receive additional supports which the next School year commences in September. The DEIS Plan 2017

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Minister Naughten confirms funding for new apprenticeships

Minister Naughten confirms funding for new apprenticeships

Local Minister Denis Naughten has confirmed that €20m in additional funding is to be made available for apprenticeships and traineeships. “This funding will ensure that 13 new apprenticeship schemes are delivered by the end of this year with another 120 apprenticeships and traineeship schemes to come on stream by 2020,” stated Minister Naughten. The Government’s

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Transition Year students encouraged to enter Go Places with Bus Eireann

Transition Year students encouraged to enter Go Places with Bus Eireann

The deadline is fast approaching for Bus Éireann’s exciting new competition for Transition Year students, Go Places with Bus Éireann, which is running for the first time in the current academic year, 2016/2017. Picture Credit: Jason Clarke With seven weeks left to enter, participating students will be in with a chance of winning one of

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IT Sligo Careers Fair returns on February 1st

IT Sligo Careers Fair returns on February 1st

Several of Ireland’s most dynamic companies will visit the IT Sligo Careers Fair on Wednesday, February 1st, to showcase their graduate employment opportunities. The IT Sligo Careers Fair, which will run from 11am to 3pm, will span a range of industry sectors including Engineering, Computing, Digital Technology, Accounting and Science. The 53 confirmed exhibitors include

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Maura Hopkins – Extra resources and staffing for special Education needs is “Very Positive

Maura Hopkins – Extra resources and staffing for special Education needs is “Very Positive

Fine Gael Senator Maura Hopkins the news that the Government is to provide 900 extra resource teachers and an extra €18 million to implement a new model for the allocation of resource teachers to support children with special educational needs “is very positive”. Commenting on the issue Maura Hopkins said, “Minister Bruton has informed me

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Minister Denis Naughten confirms new model for special education resources

Minister Denis Naughten confirms new model for special education resources

Minister Denis Naughten has confirmed that a new model for the allocation of Special Education Teaching Resources to both primary and secondary schools will be introduced from September. In a statement released earlier Denis Naughten said that this new model will be a fairer and better way to allocate resources to support children with Special

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Two Awards for Roscommon projects at BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition

Two Awards for Roscommon projects at BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition

Picture Credit:  Fennells Photography Two Roscommon projects received Awards at BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition which entered it’s penultimate day today in the RDS. Abbie Moloney (above) from Scoil Mhuire Strokestown received the 3rd place Senior individual Award in the Biological and Ecological category for her project entitled “An investigation into the quality of

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Roscommon well represented at BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition

Roscommon well represented at BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition

Picture Credit: Chris Bellew / Fennell Photograph 20 projects from Roscommon Post Primary Schools are among the 550 nationwide which have featured at the 2017 BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition over recent days. The 20 local BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition projects come from 46 students of four local Schools: CBS Roscommon, Scoil

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Alternative providers being assessed for local Youth Services

Alternative providers being assessed for local Youth Services

The Department of Children and Youth Affairs have confirmed that replacement youth services will be established in the county by the end of this month. The news comes following the withdrawal of funding to Youth Work Ireland, which operated Youth services in Ballaghaderreen, Roscommon town and Ballygar. The Galway Roscommon Education and Training Board and

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