Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board (GRETB ) hosted over 300 principals and deputy principals at the Education Training Board Ireland's annual conference.
The event saw 200 principals and deputy principals identify high stake exams and curriculum overload as the biggest limits on students’ positive school experience. Almost all surveyed also agreed that student needs have become more complex in the last five years, and three quarters feel the education system is not adapting fast enough to those needs.
The poll was carried out at the Education and Training Boards Ireland’s Annual Conference of Principals & Deputy Principals. They gathered in Galway to contribute to the national conversation on the Government’s upcoming convention on education, which is seeking the views of educators, students and parents on the future of Ireland’s education system.
While two thirds of principals and deputy principals polled believe the current education system is serving most students ‘fairly well’, 80 per cent do not believe the current system structures support teacher and school leader wellbeing.
The two-day conference, held in Galway on January 29 and 30, also saw delegates explore AI, school buildings, curriculum reform, Irish language in schools and the links between schools and youth services.
