Posted by SchoolDays Newshound on 27/06/2011. Tags: Education And Politics Teacher News Parenting
The Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn T.D., today announced that
20 new primary schools and 20 new post-primary schools are to be established in the next six years. Of the 40 new schools, 17 will be in the Dublin area with a further twelve in the commuter belt of Wicklow, Kildare, Meath and Louth. There will be six new schools established in Cork, three in Galway, and one each in Wexford and Cavan -
View full school list The Minister also announced the establishment of new arrangements for the recognition of new primary and second-level schools. Minister Quinn said: "With the significant number of new schools, there will be an opportunity for patrons to seek to apply for patronage of these schools.
The Minister also announced the establishment of a New Schools Establishment Group which will advise him on the patronage of the new schools following its consideration of a report on the applications to be prepared by the Department. The next steps in the process of establishing these new schools are: The Department will shortly inform patron bodies of the details of the first schools which are to be established. The patron bodies can then make applications for consideration. Department officials will draft a report based on these applications to be considered by the New Schools Establishment Group and it will submit a report with recommendations for consideration of the Minister.
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