An independent survey commissioned by the Irish Primary Principals' Network provides worrying evidence that most teachers do not wish to become Principals. The IPPN believes that a crisis is looming in Primary Education unless the role of Principal Tea ...

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IPPN's Annual Conference takes place in the INEC, Killarney from Thursday 25th January to Saturday, 27th January 2007.

The theme of this year's conference is "Changing Ireland".

The Irish Primary Principals' Network (IPPN) is the p ...

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How much is a child's primary education worth? - 77cent a day?

A recent survey of 200 primary schools conducted by IPPN (the Irish Primary Principals Network) has found that 97% of our primary schools do not receive enough to cover their basic ...

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Primary Principals concerned at Second Level Principals' position on Testing

Primary Principals are very concerned at the views expressed today by the President of NAPD, representing Second Level Principals, on standardised tes ...

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Call for Humanitarian Treatment of children of Asylum Seekers

IPPN calls upon the Irish Government, and in particular, the Department of Justice, to deal with the applications by immigrant families seeking leave to remain in Ir ...

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Risk Management Challenge for Principals

Every school has a legal Duty of Care to its pupils. What this means is that the Board of Management, through its Principal and teachers must provide a level of supervision which is comp ...

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The Irish Primary Principals' Network strongly condemn any effort made to add water charges to the running costs of schools. Primary schools are already in financial difficulty due to the soaring costs of heating oil and other utilities with only a min ...

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