Schools’ Business Partnership and the Educational Disadvantage Centre

On Wednesday July 1st, Dr. Paul Downes, Director of the Educational Disadvantage Centre, St. Patrick’s College, was an invited speaker for a meeting of the National Team of the Schools’ Business Partnership as part of Business in the Community Ireland  (BITCI).

His presentation, ‘BITCI - A Strategic Focus on Contexts of Disadvantage,’ outlined a range of priority themes for future work with post primary schools based on research of the Educational Disadvantage Centre in recent years.

Adding value to the Department of Education & Science 'School Completion Programme', the Schools’ Business Partnership as part of Business in the Community Ireland  (BITCI) aims to positively impact on educational inclusion and address key issues in areas of educational disadvantage in Ireland.  The programme does this by matching one post primary school with a large local business and engaging in various programmes.  The target number of schools to be matched is 158 nationally and currently 150 are matched.  Through the Schools' Business Partnership a menu of programmes has been developed to address key educational issues for these post primary schools across the country.

 

 

Last Updated: Thursday July 09 2009