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Find the most recent country news and articles from the Eurydice network. You can search information by year and category. 

Find the most recent country news and articles from the Eurydice network. You can search information by year and category. 

Greece: The Olympic Week on the road to Paris 2024

17 April 2024

The programme ‘Olympic Education - 4th Olympic Week in schools’ will be implemented for a fourth year in a row, from 22 to 26 April

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Slovakia: Centres of Excellence for Vocational Education and Training

15 April 2024

In 2024, the Ministry of Education launched the national project entitled Centres of Excellence for Vocational Education and Training. The project reflects on the need for

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France: An Olympic and Paralympic year at school

15 April 2024

In the run-up to the Olympic and Paralympic Games, which will be held in France during the summer of 2024, all schools are being asked

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Slovakia: Mental Health and Prevention National Project

10 April 2024

The Research Institute of Child Psychology and Pathopsychology launched a national project entitled “Systemic Support of Mental Health and Prevention of Children, Pupils, and Students”

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Ireland: Elimination of the cost of schoolbooks for families of Junior Cycle students

08 April 2024

A new groundbreaking scheme was recently announced which provides free schoolbooks to Junior Cycle students in post-primary schools in the Free Education Scheme. 

 

The

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Portugal: Salary premium to reward higher education qualifications of young workers

03 April 2024

In February, the Portuguese government launched a programme for qualified young people, with the aim of benefiting recent graduates living in Portugal by providing them

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Estonia: Advancing ICT and Engineering Education

02 April 2024

To better prepare students for the demands of the modern workforce and to foster interest in STEM fields, Estonia has launched a strategic initiative focused

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Ireland: New developments of Senior Cycle subjects for students

27 March 2024

The Department of Education hosted the first Senior Cycle Redevelopment Conference for school principals and deputy principals in Croke Park, Dublin.  

 

Four hundred school principals

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Belgium (FR): Support for (future) parents

25 March 2024

The Government of the French Community has adopted a draft decree aimed at strengthening parenting support services. In total, resources will rapidly increase from 682,000

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Ireland: ‘School Transport 2030’ – new developments of the school transport scheme

22 March 2024

A new report, the “School Transport Scheme 2030”, was recently published in Ireland which is considered the largest review of the School Transport Scheme since

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