Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 October 2005
766 Ms O’Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of whole school evaluation reports and the number of subject inspection reports she will carry out in 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29543/05]
Amharc ar fhreagraIn the first half of 2005 there were 141 whole-school evaluations of primary schools. A further 130 whole-school evaluations are planned at primary level for the rest of 2005.
At post-primary level there were 21 whole school evaluations in the first half of 2005. A further 32 evaluations are planned for the remainder of the year. There were 399 subject inspections at post-primary level in the first half of 2005, with a further 342 subject inspections planned for the rest of the year.
It is expected that the total number of whole-school evaluations at primary and post-primary level will be of the order of 300 in 2006 and the number of the subject inspections at post-primary level will be in the order of 700 in 2006.
