The Irish Times has today published a significant and moving report, containing the testimonies of people who suffered physical abuse in schools. The following is a statement on this matter, a portion of which had been provided to the journalist, Ms Kitty Holland, as...
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Irish Times Opinion Piece on Education and Human Rights
The following article was published in the Irish Times on 24 September: Ireland has undergone profound change since my childhood in the late 1970s and 80s. The increased diversity of people from different ethnic and national heritages is evident in most parts of the...
Statement by the Catholic Education Partnership on the Scoping Inquiry Report into abuse in Religious Order schools
The publication of the Report of the Scoping Inquiry into Historical Sexual Abuse in Day and Boarding Schools Run by Religious Orders has again laid bare the criminal treatment of children and young people in what was a gravely dysfunctional and abusive education...
CEP’s Submission on the NCCA Draft Primary Curriculum Specifications
The board of the Catholic Education Partnership has made a submission to the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment on the draft Primary Curriculum specifications. The submission may be found here. The following are the key recommendations from our submission:...
Catholic Schools Week 2025 – Alive in Christ!
Catholic Schools Week 2025 – Alive in Christ! “Christ is alive! He is our hope, and in a wonderful way he brings youth to our world, and everything he touches becomes young, new, full of life. The very first words, then, that I would like to say to every young...
CEP Submission: NCCA – SPHE Senior-Cycle Draft Curriculum Specification
The Catholic Education Partnership's submission on the NCCA's draft SPHE senior-cycle curriculum specification is available to access here. The consultation process remains open until 18th October and details may be found on the NCCA's website: Senior Cycle Social,...
NCCA Consultation Process on Senior Cycle SPHE Curriculum Specification
The Catholic Education Partnership (CEP) welcomes the opening of the consultation process of the Social Personal Health Education (SPHE) Senior-Cycle Curriculum Specification by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA). The Chief Executive of CEP,...
Paper: The quality of mercy: a central characteristic of authentic Catholic school ethos
Dr Amalee Meehan of DCU Institute of Education has written a short paper on mercy as a key element in the Catholic ethos. A brief description of the paper follows: With the reform of the Irish Junior Cycle since 2015, the discourse around school ethos in Ireland is...
Mater Dei Centre for Catholic Education: Conversations from the Classroom Podcast
The Mater Dei Centre for Catholic Education at DCU Institute of Education launches Conversations from the Classroom podcast series. Find further details and links to the podcast here. Selected episodes: Our Chairperson, Dr. Marie Griffin, discussing new structures in...
AMCSS/JMB 36th Annual Conference – Talk by Alan Hynes, Chief Executive, CEP
Catholic Schools Week – 2023 – Resources
Catholic Schools will take place on 22-29 January 2023 on the theme of the process of synodality, with three features of synodality being identified as helpful to exploring ‘Walking Together in Faith & Love’: • Communion • Participation • Mission Please find below...
Catholic Schools Week – 2023 – Walking Together in Faith & Love
Reflecting on the theme, and on the process of synodality, the writers for Catholic Schools Week 2023 identified three features of synodality helpful to exploring ‘Walking Together in Faith & Love’: • Communion • Participation • Mission The resources will reflect...