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Gaelscoileanna Conference

November 15, 2011

Gaelscoileanna President  Mícheál Ó Broin and Minister of State for Training and Skills, Ciarán Cannon T.D. will open this year’s Gaelscoileanna conference in Tullamore on November 25th.

This will be followed by the annual Conference lecture which will be given by Dr. Gerry Shiel.The theme of this year’s annual conference is:  Enriching Children’s Lives and large numbers of delegates, parents and teachers involved in in Irish-medium education expected to attend.

As part of this year’s conference many lectures and educational discussions will take place throughout the two day event which will focus on literacy and numeracy in Irish medium schools.

Representatives from schools, providers of education equipment and materials, Irish language organizations and third level institutions will attend with exhibition stands, to inform individuals of the various language learning resources available to them.

Guest speakers from universities and schools all over the country will give various lectures. Educational related workshops will be conducted throughout Friday and Saturday morning.

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