New schools form part of Irish Education Plan

The Irish government has launched its Action Plan for Education with the intention to place its education and training amongst the very best in Europe by 2026.

The strategy outlines 139 actions to be implemented from 2016 to 2019 with particular focus on disadvantage, skills, and continuous improvement within the education service.

Including within the plan will be progress reports published on a quarterly basis along with an updated plan at the beginning of each year.

The Action Plan includes a School building programme that will deliver 60,000 additional permanent school places, over 300 extensions to existing schools and build 14 new schools by 2021.

The new education strategy will be led by Minister for Education and Skills, Richard Bruton, and will look to enhance the learning experience and the success of students; improve the progress of learners at risk of educational disadvantage or learners with special educational needs; help those delivering education services to continually improve; build stronger bridges between education and the wider community; and improve national planning and support services.

Minister Richard Bruton, commented: “In this plan, our high ambitions are matched by specific actions to deliver on them, across all parts of the education service. Actions are aimed at improving outcomes for the learners who depend on the service, at breaking cycles of disadvantage, at supporting teachers and institutions to continually improve, at building better links between education and the broader community, and at improving our systems on which we depend to deliver all this.”

Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny said: “It seeks to make Ireland the best education system in Europe. It is the way we ensure equality of opportunity, success, hope and break the cycle of disadvantage.”

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