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Primary Education

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  The primary education sector includes state funded primary schools, special schools and private primary schools. The state-funded schools include religious schools, non-denominational schools, multi-denominational schools and Gaelscoileanna (Irish-medium schools). For historical reasons, most primary schools are state-aided parish schools, although this pattern is changing. The state pays the bulk of the building and running costs of state funded primary schools, but a local contribution is made towards their running costs. Teachers salaries are paid by the Department of Education and Skills, and the schools are inspected by the Department’s Inspectorate. Although children are not obliged to attend school until the age of six, almost all children begin school in the September following their fourth birthday. Nearly 40% of four-year-olds and almost all five-year-olds are enrolled in infant classes in primary schools (sometimes called national schools). Primary education consists...
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The Importance of School Education

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The children of today are gearing up to become adult citizens of tomorrow. The growth is parallel to the future of our country, reflected through quality of the present education system. A school must stimulate curiosity in the young, impressionable minds and equip them with tools to be better human beings.                                    It is widely accepted that the learning process is instrumental in shaping one’s personality and the way he/she deals with situations of life. The shift of thoughts from bookish knowledge to knowledge of life, in schools, has brought forth a sea of change. People have warmed up to the idea of education being the key to a well-rounded development instead of just a mean to acquire degrees and monetary success in life. Education must facilitate the cultivation of a healthy thought process and groom our cognitive abilities. In the present competitive world, educa...
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Educational Offers Outside the School System Part-II

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  The media, television in particular, should focus on the task of familiarizing a larger audience - not just a minority already interested - with science and technology literacy and on increasing their willingness to engage in lifelong learning and testing the skills they has acquired. Further education courses on the use of the new technologies in industry and public administration are too narrow and job-specific. The companies and public administrations in question should provide more broadly based training and take into account the fact that more broadly trained personnel are ultimately a gain for their employers. In addition to the courses provided for senior citizens by adult education institutions, it is recommended that funding be provided for so-called "senior citizen academies" allowing older people to benefit from technological progress and to preserve and use the basic education in science and technology they have acquired in the past.  
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Educational Offers Outside the School System Part-I

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  Public adult education institutions should offer more refresher courses related to science and technology literacy - with a view to lifelong learning - and set up working groups for Internet use. Courses should also be offered for retired people to make sure that the knowledge and skills they have acquired will not be lost and they will be able to keep up with developments in technology. Public libraries should make computers available to their users for further education purposes. Adult education courses organized in the private sector should no longer be restricted to the teaching of narrowly specialized knowledge relating to specific occupations. Particularly the political parties and trade unions agencies offering courses of this kind should make an effort to teach a broader range of knowledge. Multimedia distance study programmes offered in further education should comply with the above-described minimum standard. The aim should be to encourage everyone to learn how to w...
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Remedies in Education Part-VI

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  Local, regional and national competitions of a type similar to the "Jugend Forscht"- Programme in Germany (young people at research) could get young people interested in science and technology and show them how innovative thinking can help them to get better qualifications for work. Such competitions are, at the same time, a creative and entertaining approach to involvement with the new communications technologies. Regardless of whether or not pupils opt for Computer Science as a subject at school, they should all acquire basic computer literacy while attending school (i.e. word processing, information retrieval, information processing) as well as a basic knowledge of the role played by the information technologies in our society. This basic education should take place in all school subjects and should be taught by all teachers, not just Computer Science teachers. Responsibility for transmitting science and technology literacy does not only lie with schools, but also wi...
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Remedies in Education Part-V

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  Special extracurricular programmes and special support should be given to both weaker and highly gifted pupils. Weaker pupils need programmes, the speed and developmental increments of which are adapted to their abilities. Highly gifted pupils may be found in a variety of areas, not just in mathematics or science, but they may need special forms of teaching to help them discover and develop their talents. If, for instance, someone is highly gifted in manual applications, but is not intellectually gifted, he or she may not be able to develop the gift in question, if he or she does not have a basic knowledge of science and technology. Thus, special teaching approaches often need to be developed for groups of this kind. With a view to counteracting social disadvantages, all educational institutions should see to it that the quality of education and training does not suffer as a result of a lack of technical equipment at home. If necessary, schools should provide all pupils with ma...
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Remedies in Education Part-IV

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  The use of the new technologies should by no means be limited to scientific and technological subjects. In modern language teaching the use of computers is already taken for granted. The new technology is also gaining ground in the teaching of literature, art, and music. The traditional system of pupil assessment should stop branding young people as failures. Instead, it should provide an incentive and motivate them to be interested in science and technology. The desire to do well in final school examinations and competition for university admission should not result in young people taking what they consider to be the easier road to university entrance by neglecting science and technology subjects at school. The equality of men and women in society sometimes requires specific measures for promoting basic education in science and technology for girls and young women. Special further education opportunities (also in the form of distance learning courses) should be provided for ...
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