OCO Submission to the Conversation on Education

The Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO) welcomes the establishment of the Convention on Education (Convention) and its stated aim to inform a new long-term Department of Education and Youth (Department) strategy for education in Ireland. We also welcome this important opportunity to make a submission to the Conversation on Education which will help identify the themes to be discussed at the Convention.

The OCO’s Complaints and Investigations, Policy and Participation and Rights Education teams are made aware of, and engage with, different issues with the education system on a regular basis. We often hear of what is working well in the education system as a whole and in individual schools. However, the purpose of our submission is to highlight a number of issues, which we believe should be considered in the context of the Convention’s work to ensure that the future education system in Ireland will provide that the rights of children and young people are more fully respected, protected and fulfilled by the Department of Education and Youth (Department), by the agencies and bodies set up by the Department, by schools, and all those working in the area of education in Ireland.

While the OCO is of the view that the Department should be taking action now to ensure the following issues are addressed, we also believe that the Convention should consider these individual issues as part of its work.

In the below link you can read the OCO’s Submission to the Conversation on Education.

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