Protect COGG!
December 13, 2011
If the recommendation of the Central Expenditure Evaluation Unit to abolish COGG or to absorb it into the Department of Education and Skills is implemented, Gaeltacht and all-Irish schools will no longer have:
- Primary and post-primary textbooks in Irish, other than those published by An Gúm
- Online database of resources through Irish
- Information booklet of all resources for teaching through Irish at primary and post-primary level
- COGG information services including website and travelling Irish resource library
- Irish version of Project Maths textbooks
- Booklets of Irish versions of State Examinations past papers
- Irish versions of ‘mock exams’ for Junior Cert and Leaving Cert
- Wallcharts, posters, maps, globes etc in Irish
- Distribution of Breacadh magazine
- Intensive Irish courses for teachers teaching in Gaeltacht and all-Irish schools
- Workshops for teachers
- Representation on behalf of Gaeltacht and all-Irish schools with Dept of Education, NCCA and other agencies
- Online forum for teachers in Irish
- Online resources for Career guidance, Science and Digital media
- Research on topics related to Gaeltacht education and Irish medium education
