Education Policy
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RNZ : Tests for students from first year of school announced
framed as a legitimate, evidence-based reform
The policy is justified through long-standing recommendations from ERO and framed as correcting inconsistent practice, enhancing legitimacy.
“ERO [Education Review Office] have been saying for more than a decade now, in fact probably about 25 years, that we need to have a consistent tool and that we need to build capability in the sector and that's what we're going to be providing.”
TheJournal.ie : Campaigners slam lack of official process to establish Irish-language secondary schools
Current education legislation framed as illegitimate for excluding Irish-medium education
The article highlights that three foundational education laws contain no reference to all-Irish education, implying these legal frameworks are outdated or unjustly exclusionary. This framing suggests the system lacks legitimacy in serving Irish-language communities.
“The mandate of the Department of Education is based on three Acts and there is no reference in any of them to all-Irish education — the Education Act 1998, the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 and the Education and Training Boards Act 2013”