Written answers
Tuesday, 19 April 2011
Department of Education and Skills
Teaching Qualifications
8:00 pm
Joe McHugh (Donegal North East, Fine Gael)
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Question 104: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to enable an organisation (details supplied) to conduct accredited courses in post-primary education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8187/11]
Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The Teaching Council has statutory responsibility under the Teaching Council Act, 2001 (Section 38) to review and accredit programmes of initial teacher education in Ireland. The Council is independent in carrying out assessments of such programmes and my Department has no role in the matter. I am informed by the Council that the organisation to which the Deputy refers has submitted a Post Graduate Diploma in Education (Post-primary) programme to the Teaching Council for accreditation. The process of review is at an advanced stage and it is hoped that the Council will be in a position to consider the review outcome shortly.
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