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 Malala Yousafzai – Photo Courtesy EPA Pakistani student Miss Malala Yousafzai will be awarded the 2012 Tipperary International Peace Award on Tuesday August 20th 2013.
Miss Yousafzai will visit Ireland in person, accompanied by her father Ziauddinto, to receive the specially commissioned Crystal Dove of Peace at a ceremony to be held at Ballykisteen Hotel and Golf Resort, Limerick Junction, Ballykisteen, Co. Tipperary.
The award being made to Miss Yousafzai recognises her courage, determination and perseverance, together with the impact that she has had on so many people around the world.
The right to education is denied to 61 million children of primary school age worldwide and the hopes of these children are represented by the bravery and strong voice displayed by Miss Yousafzai.
To refresh all our memories; Malala was shot in the head and neck in an assassination attempt by Taliban gunmen while returning home on a school bus. She miraculously survived this attempt on her life and was subsequently airlifted to a hospital in England for treatment. Following her attempted assassination her campaign to secure access to education for every child has grown into a worldwide movement and has received the backing of many world leaders including UN Special Envoy for Global Education, former British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown.
Miss Yousafzai becomes the second Pakistani native to receive the Tipperary Peace Award, following on from former Prime Minister the late Benazir Bhutto, latter receiving the award posthumously, following her assassination in December 2007.
Members of the public wishing to attend the Award Ceremony may do so by reserving their seats for the event. Tipperary Chamber of Commerce are facilitating the reservation system for this event, so those interested in attending may register by calling the Chamber Office on Telephone 062-31244 (between the hours of 10am and 3pm daily) or by e-mail to tirdoffice@eircom.net
Registrations will close on Monday 19th. Please do note that places are limited, so make your reservation as soon as possible. Those attending on the evening should note they will need to be seated by 8.30pm.
 The present Fine Gael/Labour Government has announced that is to press ahead with halving the number of current Vocational Education Committees (VECs) across Ireland & to this end has published plans to reduce the current number of such establishments from 33 down to 16.
VEC’s provides a comprehensive range of educational services to meet the needs of a wide spectrum of learners throughout the country. Amongst these services the Committees provide Literacy Service and support Community as well as workplace education with County Councils, the Health Service Executive (H.S.E.), FÁS, and other agencies.
They also provide Youthreach and Youthreach Progression services, Vocational Training Opportunities Schemes (VTOS), Back To Education Initiatives (BTEI), A Schools Completion Programme, Traveller Education and an Adult Education Guidance and Information Service.
First muted in 2010 by Fianna Fáil’s Tánaiste and then Minister for Education, Mary Coughlan, current Labour Minister for Education, Ruairi Quinn has now stated that legislation to give effect to the changes was presently being prepared.
Co Tipperary’s currently run two VECs will now be combined into one, as part of these new changes, and overall national plans are expected to differ with regard to mergers planned by the previous government.
It has yet to be decided where the new headquarters of these newly configured VECs will be located.
Caroline Egan Reports;
Gaelscoil Bhríde, located at Bothar Na Naomh, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, are having a Gathering on the 14th of June (see poster above) of current and past pupils, family and friends, to raise much needed funds for the school.
Areas in need of funding are Information Technology (I.T.), Library Resources and Child safety.
The school with over 200 pupils, like many schools in Tipperary, now operates on a reduced budget, so please support this event.
Tickets costing €10 can be purchased directly from the school. (Tel: 0504-21497 )
Thurles Christian Brothers School (CBS) have named Kevin O’ Dwyer as this year’s winner of the Thurles Credit Union sponsored ‘Student of the Year’ award.
This award, which is decided following much debate by the Teaching Staff at the CBS school, is awarded in just recognition of Mr O’Dwyer’s overall outstanding achievements as a student, at this top Thurles second level educational facility.
Pictured here above and present at the special “Award’s Night,” ceremony are Mr Donal Scannell (Thurles Credit Union CEO), Mr Kevin O’ Dwyer (CBS Student of the Year), M/s Amanda Ryan (Thurles Credit Union) and Mr Tiernan O Donnell (Thurles CBS Principal).
We wish Mr O’Dwyer every success in his future chosen career
 One of Tipperary’s best-known secondary schools, Rockwell College, founded in 1864, and situated on the outskirts of Cashel, Co Tipperary, with over 500 boarding and day pupils, will become a fee-paying educational venue from September next.
This historical Co Tipperary College, whose former pupils & teachers included Patrick Hillery (Former President of Ireland.), Dr. Maurice Manning (Irish Human Rights Commissioner.), Richie Boucher (CEO BOI.), John Rogers SC (Senior Counsel.), Thomas MacDonagh (Poet, Teacher & Executed Co-Leader of the 1916 Rising.), Monsignor Pádraig de Brún (NUI Galway.) and Éamon de Valera (Former Taoiseach & President of Ireland.), has been forced out of free education, having failed to agree with the Department of Education on what it could charge its attending pupils.
Rockwell had been in discussions with the Department of Education regarding its financial matter for the past two years, but now report it has failed to reach a consensus on current costs, due to both day and boarding pupils being above the strict limits imposed on such schools, under the free education scheme.
With many former fee-paying schools now considering entering the free education scheme, the department is keen to ensure that no one is guilty of bending the current strict financial regulations.
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