Next academic year will see 5,000 extra students at college compared to 2 years ago Government backbenchers call on Minister for Education to give clarity on Leaving Cert
Thu, Jan 14, 2021, 20:10 Updated: Thu, Jan 14, 2021, 20:12
Minister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris has confirmed that the 2,225 extra college places secured last year during the controversy over the Leaving Certificate calculated grades will be available again this year.
He also said he had secured budget funding for more than 2,000 other new places this year, bringing the total to almost 5,000.
Mr Harris told the Dáil that what happened last year was not “just a blitz” and the additional places from 2020 will be available in the system for first-year college students in the 2021/2022 academic year.
Regional imbalance unsustainable and irresponsible
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Mayo TD supports call to delay reopening of schools after Christmas break
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Deputy pleads with public to reduce contacts now to stop the spread of Covid 19 Published: Wednesday, 30 December 2020 12:38
Mayo Sinn Fein deputy Rose Conway Walsh in the last number of days has experienced first-hand the GP contact, setting up of a Covid test and securing a result. She describes the system in Mayo as very efficient.
The deputy says the increase in cases of the virus in the community is of real concern.
She told Midwest News today that she believes this third wave of the virus is more worrying than at any other stage of the pandemic.
She pleaded with everyone to reduce their contacts now