Category Archives: Administrative Office

Press Release on Covid-19 from second-level school management bodies ACCS, ETBI & JMB

The management bodies representing all of the second-level schools in the State have communicated with their schools asking them to forward the message delivered by President Higgins on the importance of social distancing to the parents of students in their schools. President Higgins is urging young people to respond in a generous way to the […]

Donegal ETB Schools and Centres Closed until 29 March 2020

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Arising from the announcement by an Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar this morning, all Donegal ETB Schools, Further Education and Training Centres, Gartan Outdoor Education and Training Centre, the Music Education Service and all Evening Training / Night Classes are closed from 6.00pm this evening, Thursday 12 March until Sunday 29 March in response to the spread […]

Revised information for schools, pre-schools & third level institutions on the Coronavirus

The Department of Education and Skills has released Revised information for schools, pre-schools and third level institutions on the Coronavirus (COVID-19) provided by the Department of Health and HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre following a meeting of the National Public Health Emergency Team. This states: Public health doctors are available to liaise with schools and […]

A Christmas Message from Donegal ETB Chief Executive

Christmas is almost upon us once again and I would like to extend heartfelt gratitude to the staff and students across our Schools, Colleges and Centres throughout the county who have contributed so much to the wonderful work of Donegal ETB during 2019. 2019 has been a busy and successful year full of exciting changes. […]

Donegal ETB Staff Discuss New Website on Highland Radio

We are approaching our sixth birthday next Monday, 01 July and have been working on a complete redesign of our website. Ahead of its official online launch on our birthday, two of our staff, Adult Education Officer and Website Working Group Chair Charles Gorney and Head of IT Ciaran Cunningham (both pictured below), spoke to […]

Best Wishes to Leaving & Junior Cert Students and Learners from Donegal ETB Chair Cllr Harley

Donegal ETB’s Chairperson, Cllr Martin Harley has today wished all Leaving and Junior Certificate students in Donegal ETB schools and centres the very best of luck in their forthcoming exams. Cllr Harley, who chairs the largest education and training authority in the county, acknowledged the hard work of the students over the last two years. […]

A Christmas Message from Donegal ETB Chief Executive

As Christmas is almost upon us, I would like to extend heartfelt gratitude to the staff, students and learners across our Schools, Colleges and Centres throughout the county who have contributed so much to the wonderful work of Donegal ETB during 2018. 2018 has been a busy and successful year full of exciting changes. I […]

Donegal ETB Surveys Ballybofey/Stranorlar Pre-School Parents on Choice of School Patronage

Donegal Education and Training Board (Donegal ETB) welcomes the recent announcements by the Minister for Education and Skills Richard Bruton TD on the ‘Schools Reconfiguration for Diversity Process’. Donegal ETB, in its role as the local statutory education authority for Donegal, was charged by the Department of Education and Skills with the responsibility of identifying […]

Chief Executive Anne McHugh speaks at the Seanad Special Committee

Our Chief Executive Anne McHugh spoke at the Seanad Special Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Brexit) during the week on behalf of Education and Training Boards Ireland (ETBI). The Committee, set up in February 2017, will consider the implications for Ireland of the withdrawal with particular reference to […]