Campaign
An Foras Pátrúnachta are supporting local parent’s campaign for a new Gaelcholáiste in the North Kildare area.
A new Gaelcholáiste:
• would alleviate pressure on the secondary schools already in the area
• would give pupils of Gaelscoileanna in the area the opportunity to continue their education via full immersion in the Irish language.
• would give pupils from English medium primary schools in the area the opportunity to experience Irish medium education at second level.
Coláiste Cois Life, the local Gaelcholáiste in west Dublin, has reached its capacity and recently changed its enrolment policy to prioritise pupils attending Gaelscoileanna in Lucan.
This means that there is a danger that:
• pupils in Kildare North will not have the opportunity to continue their education via full immersion in the Irish language.
• children attending English medium schools in the area will not have the opportunity to experience Irish medium education at second level.
There are five Gaelscoileanna in the area who could provide students to support a new Gaelcholáiste:
Application for a new school
An Foras Pátrúnachta and local parents are currently working on an application for a new Gaelcholáiste. The application will be submitted to the Department of Education shortly.
Support us
You can support us by contacting your local representatives. We ask you to highlight the urgent need for a Gaelcholáiste in the North Kildare region.
Please support the campaign on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Campaign-for-a-Gaelchol%C3%A1iste-in-North-Kildare/1482528175295834?sk=info and Twitter: @GC_NorthKildare
An Feachtas
Tacaíonn An Foras Pátrúnachta leis an bhfeachtas atá ar bun ag tuismitheoirí i gCill Dara Thuaidh do Ghaelcholáiste nua sa cheantar.
1. Laghdódh Gaelcholáiste nua an brú atá ar na meánscoileanna sa cheantar
2. Chuirfeadh sé an deis ar fáil do dhaltaí Gaelscoile sa cheantar leanúint ar aghaidh lena n-oideachas trí mheán na Gaeilge trí thumoideachas iomlán sa theanga.
3. Thabharfadh sé an rogha do dhaltaí ó scoileanna Bhéarla dul i dtreo an Ghaeloideachais.
Níl aon spás fágtha sa Ghaelcholáiste áitiúil in iarthar Bhaile Átha Cliath, Coláiste Cois Life. D’athraigh an mheánscoil sin a polasaí iontrála le déanaí chun tús áite a thabhairt do dhaltaí atá ag freastal ar Ghaelscoileanna i Leamhcán.
Ciallaíonn sé sin:
• go bhfuil an baol ann nach mbeidh an deis ag daltaí i gCill Dara Thuaidh leanúint ar aghaidh leis an Gaeloideachas trí thumoideachas iomlán sa theanga.
• go bhfuil an baol ann nach mbeidh an rogha ag páistí atá ag freastal ar scoileanna Béarla sa cheantar freastal ar Ghaelcholáiste.
Tá cúig bhunscoil sa cheantar seo – d’fhéadfaidís go léir daltaí a chur ar fáil do Ghaelcholáiste nua:
Iarratas ar scoil nua
Tá tuismitheoirí áitiúla agus An Foras Pátrúnachta ag obair ar iarratas ar scoil nua i láthair na huaire. Cuirfear faoi bhráid na Roinne é go luath.
Tacaigh linn
Is féidir leat tacaíocht a thabhairt don bhfeachtas seo trí theagmháil a dhéanamh le d’ionadaithe pobail. Iarraimid ort a chur in iúil dóibh go bhfuil géarghá le Gaelcholáiste nua i gCill Dara Thuaidh.
Chomh maith leis sin, is féidir cuairt a thabhairt ar leathanach facebook seo: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Campaign-for-a-Gaelchol%C3%A1iste-in-North-Kildare/1482528175295834?sk=info