County Louth VEC - Coiste Gairmoideachais Chontae Lú

On Friday last, 27th August Co. Louth VEC received the keys to the new extension to Drogheda Institute of Further Education.

Co. Louth VEC has recently joined forces with the Discover Sensors project of the national Discover Science and Engineering (DSE) Programme that will see the introduction of a new and innovative approach to teaching science in its schools.

Last year Co. Louth VEC secured PEACE III funding from Co. Louth Peace and Reconciliation Partnership to deliver a pilot Diversity in Schools project under strand one of the programme.

Co. Louth VEC today welcomed the announcement by the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills, Ms. Mary Coughlan, T.D., of her intention to establish a Second-Level Patronage Advisory Group. The Minister’s announcement heralds significant reform of the Departments’ process for recognition of new second-level schools.

The recent alleviation to the moratorium on the filling of posts of responsibility in schools that has been in place since March 2009 has brought no benefits to the county’s VEC schools. The limited alleviation is focussed on those schools that were acutely affected at assistant principal post level by the moratorium. Speaking this week, Dr. Pádraig Kirk, CEO of Co. Louth VEC said that “while the management structures in each of our schools have been seriously affected since the introduction of the moratorium the alleviation recently announced by the Tánaiste brings with it no benefits for Co. Louth VEC”.