Déardaoin, Lúnasa 09, 2007

gaelscoileanna ar fud na tíre: díomá agus éadóchas

Nil an conspóid mar gheall ar chinneadh an Aire Oideachais maidir leis an tumoideachais imithe fós agus tá an cuma ann go leanfaidh sé ar aghaidh. Le déanaí tá brú ann ó thuismitheoirí sna meáin agus ó na heagraíochtaí uile.
Seo nasc do scéal sa Mayo News mar gheall ar an gcinneadh

'A recent announcement by Education Minister Mary Hanafin that gaelscoileanna will be compelled to formally teach English has been met with dismay by people in Mayo who are involved in educating through Irish. Mary Hanafin announced on July 26 last that from January 1, 2008 all gaelscoileanna must teach a minimum of two-and-a-half hours of English per week. At present many gaelscoileanna teach through Irish only for the first few years of a child’s education and introduce English after it is felt the children have grasped the Irish language. This is known as immersion education and the Minister’s fear is that it is having an adverse effect on the English language among children in infant classes.'
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