A number of TDs are seeking a review of the Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE) programme for secondary schools after a publisher withdrew a book which portrayed a “traditional” Irish ...

The schoolbook publisher, The Educational Company of Ireland (Edco), has apologised for some content in one of its Junior Cycle curriculum books ... SPHE specification was introduced to schools ...

He added: ‘There is something very, very troubling at work in this SPHE book. Basic education school textbooks should aim to provide an impartial education, and students need access to balanced ...

A schoolbook publisher has apologised for an activity in their Junior Cycle SPHE book and has "taken the ... a 'family business' when they finish school, with one wanting to be a yoga instructor ...

DCU has been running a graduate diploma in Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE)/Relationships and ... intended for use by teachers in a secondary school classroom setting,” said the ...

A new Social Personal and Health Education (SPHE) curriculum must be mandatory in all schools, primary and secondary, to tackle the root cause of gender-based violence, the National Women’s ...