Primary school teaching...ROI or NI ..qualifications?

hunii07

Okay so here's my predicament.....Points for college in Republic of Ireland are very high for primary school teaching ....I done my leaving certificate last year and got all honours but not enough points..so I'm resitting exams this year but I've looked into the possibility of studying in Northern Ireland..which is an option that I already have good enough grades for ..so I'm considering not redoing my exams and getting a job to get money for college...so my question is if you do primary school teaching in NI and do irish instead of doing it in ROI ..are you as qualified?

grind gremlin

If you study in the north you are just as qualified as if you studied in the south. The only problem is with regards to the teaching of irish. You must complete the SCG or OCG. Not entirely sure what either mean but you must be assessed on your ability to teach the irish language. I think one is exam based, the other classroom based. Mayne you should check out www.educationposts.ie . You'll find a lot of people on there who have trained outside of ireland. You could also do a degree and then do a post grad. I went this route and I feel I was much better prepared for the classroom during teaching practices. Not sure i'd have been quite as confident at age 18 standing in front of a class. Just my own opinion though

hunii07

I know that you have the choice of doing irish in the north in st.marys and queens...i had thought about going that route too doing a postgrad here in the south...but I'm deciding should I do the exams again this year or not...at the moment I'm back at school but I don't know whether or not to do the leaving cert again or not ..or get a job