Gaeilge
Forty Further Education and Training (FET) students who finished their studies in May this year, gathered in Letterkenny on Thursday last, 28 November, to receive a wide range of awards from Donegal Education and Training Board (ETB). They were joined by families, friends, educators, and invited guests at the FET Centre on Letterkenny’s Port Road […]
Achievements, Deele College, Errigal College, Finn Valley College
Donegal Parents Graduate from ‘My Child My Vision’ Programme
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Nov
Nov
A graduation event was held on 26 November for seventeen parents in the Letterkenny and Finn Valley areas who graduated from the ‘My Child My Vision’ programme. The parents, who achieved a QQI Level 5 Working with Groups award, have children attending Errigal College in Letterkenny, Deele College in Raphoe, Finn Valley College in Stranorlar, […]
Achievements
Seven Donegal ETB School Projects Qualify for 2025 BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition
18
Nov
Nov
Seven Donegal Education and Training Board school projects have qualified for the 61st BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition. The event takes place in the RDS, Dublin from 8-11 January 2025. The Exhibition is designed to inspire young people to better understand the opportunities that a career in a STEM-related field can offer. The seven projects […]
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Nov
Nov
Funding for the North West Digital Employment Pathway Training Hub (NW DEPTH) initiative was included in a total of €46,064,915 of PEACEPLUS funding announced recently to improve equal access to inclusive and quality services in education, training and lifelong learning in Northern Ireland and the border counties of Ireland. This project – supported by the […]
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Oct
Oct
Eighteen apprentices from Donegal were among a group of 70 craft apprentices from across 16 apprenticeship programmes who graduated at a ceremony on Friday, 18 October. An additional 38 Donegal apprentices, who recently qualified, were unable to attend the ceremony due to employment and other commitments. Mayo, Sligo, and Leitrim Education and Training Board (MSLETB), […]
Administrative Office, Gairmscoil Mhic Diarmada
New Deputy Principal Appointed to Gairmscoil Mhic Diarmada, Árainn Mhór Island
09
Oct
Oct
Donegal Education and Training Board (ETB) has announced the appointment of Ms Caroline McCauley as the new Deputy Principal of Gairmscoil Mhic Diarmada on Oileán Árainn Mhór. She replaces Mr Daniel Doherty who retired at the end of the last school year. Established in 1990, Gairmscoil Mhic Diarmada has been a cornerstone of the local […]
08
Oct
Oct
Cllr Donal Coyle was elected Chairperson of Donegal Education and Training Board (ETB) at its meeting on 1 October. Parents representative Geoffrey Browne was elected Deputy Chairperson. Twenty-one representatives have been appointed to the Board of the largest education and training provider in the county which is made up of twelve elected representatives, two staff, […]
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Sep
Sep
Donegal’s Regional Adult Literacy Coalition has launched its 2024 Action Plan today on International Literacy Day, 8 September. With one in five adults struggling to read and understand everyday text, one in four struggling to manage numbers in everyday situations and one in two who find digital tasks difficult, the Coalition has developed an action […]
Further Education & Training
Former Donegal ETB Student to Represent Ireland at Global WorldSkills Welding Competition in France
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Aug
Aug
Donegal welder Lee Davison, from Buncrana, is getting ready to represent Ireland at the 47th WorldSkills Competition in France in September. Lee won the WorldSkills Ireland 2023 Welding competition in Dublin last September and has spent the last five months training full-time for the global competition under Donegal Education and Training Board (ETB) Welding Instructor […]
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Aug
Aug
Students at one Inishowen school returned to school this week and to a new school name, crest and uniform. Coláiste Eoghain was formerly known as Coláiste Chineál Eoghain, but, with a new school building on the horizon, the students, staff, parents and wider school community decided earlier this year to update their school name, crest […]