Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has issued a circular or memo to primary and or second level schools in respect of advising teachers on the way in which they assign homework to students and or the volume of homework that should be or is expected from students; and her plans to reduce the amount of additional education work that a student takes home. [50008/22]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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All policies and decisions regarding homework are school-base where each school at local level develops their own homework policy. The development of school policies involves senior management and staff, the board of management, parents and in many instances, the learners themselves. The policy should give clarity to the whole school community about the purpose of the homework and what is expected at each class level.