The demand for fee-paying secondary schools in the Republic of Ireland

Bradfield, Tracy; Crowley, Frank

doi:10.1080/03323315.2019.1613251

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“…In Ireland, public schools are administered and funded by the State; private schools and "grind" schools are part-funded through tuition fees. Nationally, approximately 7% of second-level school students attend fee-paying private schools but this figure increases as some final year students move to intensive fee-paying "grind" schools that seek to maximise students' performance (points) in the Leaving Certificate (Bradfield & Crowley, 2019).…”

Section: Sample Characteristicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Generation covid: Experiences of the coronavirus pandemic among secondary school graduates of 2020 in Ireland

2021

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School closures and remote learning resulted in major disruptions for final-year secondary school students who were due to take their examinations in June 2020. Using the Constructivist-Grounded Theory method, we conducted 14 indepth interviews to gain insight into the impact of the coronavirus restrictions on the lives, education and plans of graduating secondary school students in Ireland. While participant responses to the pandemic were diverse, they can be categorised as those who were shielded against negative implications of the pandemic; those who struggled with worry and uncertainty; and those who became discontent as they awakened to the shortcoming of policymaking. Instead of assuming uniform effects of the pandemic in young populations, we need to be attuned to the diverse pathways whereby some young adults can tap into their resources (including creativity and social networks) while others need extensive support to make up for lost opportunities and isolation that ensued from the pandemic.

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Section: Sample Characteristicsmentioning

confidence: 99%