Direct Grants to Primary Schools

Ireland’s education system has greatly suffered from budget cuts, forcing schools to increase class sizes, cut teachers, and make do with their existing resources. This leaves no funds for integrating technology into the classroom or even for purchasing science materials. Since two of Ireland’s largest educational priorities are development of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) subjects and improvements in literacy, the Partnership provides grants directly to schools to help them buy science materials and build their libraries. In the predominantly small, rural schools that these funds go to, the money goes a long way.

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“It is certainly empowering and encouraging to the young and not so young when we’re the beneficiaries of such support from people who have left our shores.”

— Chairman of Nagle Rice National School, Co. Kerry