Education is a privilege that’s taken on the guise of a right around here.
In June, just over 53,000 students sat the Leaving Certificate.
The CAO has received a record 68,000 applications this year.
18,000 of those are made up of people moving over from FETAC courses and mature students.
That leaves you with 50,000 out of a possible [...]
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I can see the ‘Fee-na Fail’ placards already. Sigh.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged private school, public school, debate, education, fees, batt o'keeffe, CAO, leaving certificate, college fees, tuition fees, maintenance grants, grant thresholds, irish universities, deficit, USI, student politics, politics, minister for education, UCD, opinion, pro-fees, in support of 3rd level fees, 3rd level fees, points on August 12, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Is the school around the corner just the same?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged coeducation, debate, education, mixed education, private school, public school, single sex schools on July 27, 2008 | 13 Comments »
I sometimes get asked where I went to school (not in an accusatory way that suggests I’m thick or anything – I think) and I nearly always answer “Wicklow, public school” or “it’s in Wicklow, you’d never have heard of it” without it occurring to me to just say “St Kevin’s”. I’m not exactly sure [...]
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