Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 23 March 2022
95. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education the engagement her Department has had with the patron or board of management of a school (details supplied) with regard to the participation of this school in the small schools clusters action research project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15264/22]
View answerThe Department launched a two-year action research project in 2021 aimed at supporting small rural schools by encouraging a number of small schools to cluster together in local groups enabling them to collaborate and identify common challenges and trial innovative solutions.
This project was developed by a working group of school management bodies and teachers’ unions with the Department for Education, as part of the programme of work of the Primary Education Forum (PEF). As a pilot project it was not possible to include all small schools in this two-year action research project.
