National Principals' Forum representatives speak out this evening on Virgin Media Doucumentary 'Ireland's Education Crisis' ..30pm

Tonight...

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Huge thanks to Mairéad Cleary, Daire and the team Virgin Media ❤️ for such a succinct, honest and comprehensive documentary on a very complicated and well hidden crisis. Our children deserve so much better from our government play.virginmediatelevision.ie/watch/replay/1…

When it comes to data collection, why is no one talking to the schools directly. Why can't schools give their SEN data to the Dept or NCSE? Why is there no mechanism for this? POD could be easily and immediately used if this were facilitated by the Dept. play.virginmediatelevision.ie/watch/replay/1…

National Principals' Forum Budget '25 Lobby Campaign #PrioritiseEducation #InvestInOurChildren Department of Education and Youth Norma Foley T.D Hildegarde Naughton Roderic O’Gorman TD Anne Rabbitte Simon Harris TD INTO (Irish National Teachers' Organisation) IPPN CPSMA Educate Together NCSE carlobrien emma o kelly Mairéad Cleary

Happy #SnaAppreciationDay to all the wonderful special needs assistants in our schools across the country. Your hard work and dedication are much appreciated today & every day. #ThankOurSNAs

Wishing a Happy World Teacher's Day to all the great educators across the country. Individually and collectively, your hard work, expertise, care and dedication makes a huge difference to the lives of our students, despite the systemic challenges we face. #WorldTeachersDay2024

Some of our dedicated National Principals' Forum lobbyists at a recent planning meeting, keeping the issues in need of support and progress to the fore of our work. #UnitedForIntegrity

NPF's Alan Kelly will feature on tonight's show, highlighting the issues we principals wish to raise in relation to the systemic inadequacy of supports for our pupils with additional needs.

Chronic underfunding of schools was a key issue we raised with Oireachtas Members in Leinster House last June. Sadly, this could become the reality for many more schools if nothing changes.

We support our invaluable colleagues. act.forsa.ie/pensionparitys…

Our school secretaries are invaluable in our schools. They deserve all of our support.

This is my grandmother Margaret. She has been a school secretary for 28 years. She will retire without an occupational pension. This is wrong - Pension Parity should be given to all! The Minister must act to avoid strike! Helen McEntee TD Department of Education and Youth The Labour Party Ireland Fórsa trade union

youtube.com/shorts/cr9Mv6R… David Hearne, Chairperson of school caretakers. His personal story. Very moving. #strikestrikestrike

Wishing the very best of luck to our secretary and caretaker colleagues starting their just strike tomorrow. We value you. You are not alone. We hope for a swift and fair resolution. Our schools will be lost without you. #PensionParityNow Fórsa trade union Fórsa School Secretaries