Education Support
Education Support
The Tusla Education Support Service will provide support to families with children of school going age to put in place appropriate education provision.
Read about how to enrol your children in:
Parents with a child starting primary school can find information in Ukrainian and Russian.
Clare Local Development Company is providing on the ground support to support Ukrainians in County Clare
Contact the Social Inclusion Community Activation Programme (SICAP) team by email sicap@cldc.ie or phone: (065) 6866800
SICAP Development Staff are linking in with relevant agencies to organise and provide:
- Children and young people with additional educational initiatives
- Provision of childcare service for children aged 1-5 years in Kilkee
- Additional English language support and support with organisation and rollout of conversational Fáilte Isteach classes.
- Training supports to employment e.g. Safepass, HACCP courses etc.
Education and Training
Further Education and Training (FET)
FET courses and programmes are provided through Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board and though the SOLAS eCollege online platform.
There are a range of options available at www.fetchcourses.ie/courses and https://collegeoffet.ie
Further education is free of charge or heavily subsidised. Courses are designed to support learners who are interested in:
- upskilling to enter the workforce or progress in their existing career
- progressing into further or higher education
- undertaking an apprenticeship or traineeship
- developing their skills in reading and writing.
Please email fetresponse@lcetb.ie or Telephone: (1800) 707077
Free English Language Classes
If you need to learn English or improve your English, the Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board will assess your English language skills in reading, writing, listening and speaking, and will arrange appropriate language and other learning supports to help you develop your English.
This service is free.
Please email fetresponse@lcetb.ie or Telephone: (1800) 707077
REALT (Regional Education and Language Teams for Ukraine) support schools in the area to meet the need that emerges, to advise and support the Department in developing new capacity where required, and to co-ordinate the provision of education services to schools and families across their defined area.
Process for provision of School Transport services for children arriving to Ireland from Ukraine
Children in host family homes
An application for school transport can be made via a link to an online form which is available here: Application for school transport parent/guardian/host family
Bus Éireann will check availability of school transport services and whether spare capacity exists.
Where seats are available on existing services, the normal eligibility criteria will not apply and eligibility will be granted to the school that the child/children are enrolled in.
If seats are available on an existing service/route, these seats will be offered to the child/children. Where such seats are available the host family will be contacted and advised that a ticket will be issued. While waiting for the ticket to be issued the child/children will be permitted to travel on the service and the driver and inspector will be aware of this in all such cases where these arrangements are being provided.
Children will be expected to meet the service at the existing pick-up point.
There will be no charge for the ticket and the child will be guaranteed a ticket for the duration of their education while living with their host family in Ireland.
If the children move to live with another family/to another form of accommodation a new application for transport will be required.
In cases where there is no existing service or where there is no capacity on an existing service, a grant can be offered to the host family as appropriate to support them with the cost of transport arrangements where the host family is providing for such transport arrangements.
OR In cases where there is no existing service or where there is no capacity on an existing service, a grant can be offered to the Ukrainian family as appropriate to support them with the cost of transport arrangements where the Ukrainian family is providing for such transport arrangements.
Ukrainian families living in their own individual/independent/private accommodation
An application for school transport can be made by the parent/guardian via a link to an online form which is available here: Application for school transport parent/guardian/host family. The form will be available in English, Ukrainian and Russian.
Bus Éireann will check availability of school transport services and whether spare capacity exists on the required route.
Where seats are available on existing services, the normal eligibility criteria will not apply and eligibility will be granted to the school that the child/children are enrolled in.
If seats are available on an existing service/route, these seats will be offered to the child/children. Where such seats are available the host family will be contacted and advised that a ticket will be issued. While waiting for the ticket to be issued the child/children will be permitted to travel on the service and the driver and inspector will be aware of this in all such cases where these arrangements are being provided.
Children will be expected to meet the service at the existing pick-up point.
There will be no charge for the ticket and the child will be guaranteed a ticket for the duration of their education while living in their current accommodation.
If the family moves to new accommodation a new application for transport will be required.
In cases where there is no existing service or where there is no capacity on an existing service a grant can be offered to the family as appropriate to support them with the cost of transport arrangements.
Arrangements for applying for school transport for families and children staying in accommodation centres (or similar)
School principals may apply for transport for children attending their school who are residing in accommodation centres (or similar).
School principals should complete the information required on the application form attached and return it to their realt@lcetb.ie. The information will be submitted by REALT to School Transport Section of the Department of Education, which will in turn liaise with Bus Éireann in order to provide school transport services as required.
Childcare in Clare
Clare County Childcare Committee provides supports in identifying childcare places in County Clare. Contact Clare CCC office on (065) 6864862 and by email on info@clarechildcare.ie
For information on childcare facilities in Clare, visit:
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Childcare in Ireland
Clare County Childcare Committee provide a range of resources on childcare supports and schemes in Ireland. Additionally, CCCC can link with local childcare services to determine capacity to provide childcare under the ECCE and NCS programmes. Contact CCCC at www.clarechildcare.ie
The National Childcare Scheme:www.ncs.gov.ie/en
The ECCE Free Pre-school Years: www.gov.ie/en/publication/2459ee-early-childhood-care-and-education-programme-ecce
Choosing A Childminder: A Guide for Parents:www.gov.ie/en/publication/150c6-parent
Clare CCC team will be supporting communities, accommodation centres and local organisations in setting up/offering appropriate play opportunities for children within accommodation centres.
Resources supporting Ukrainian families, children and staff teams in Early Learning Centres and School Aged Childcare settings
Please find below a link to a padlet website which has relevant resources categorised, this will be updated as we receive additional supports/documents or links to relevant training. Please refer to this link for up-to-date resources, new posts will appear at the top of each column under any pinned items.
Clare County childcare committee website.
Third Level Education
Irish third level students returning from Ukraine will be given places to continue their education.
Qualifications from Ukraine
Quality and Qualifications Ireland have information (in Ukrainian) about its qualifications recognition service [PDF, 520KB]. This guide helps you to use QQI’s foreign qualifications recognition service (NARIC).
Failte Isteach via Third Age Ireland
Fáilte Isteach is a community project involving predominantly older volunteers welcoming migrants through conversational English classes.
There are two groups in Clare and these can be contacted on email:
- Ennis failteisteachennis@gmail.com
- Shannon snnenglish4all@yahoo.com
Higher Education Opportunities 2022/2023
The National Student and Researcher Helpdesk (NSR) has now launched an online application system to allow students to apply for higher education opportunities in Ireland in the 2022/2023 academic year.
Displaced Ukrainian students looking to continue their education in Ireland for the 2022/2023 academic year can now start the online application process for admission into higher education through the NSR helpdesk. The application process includes a facility for applicants to upload their academic documents and transcripts relating to their previous or current studies.
If these documents are not in English, the NSR Helpdesk will translate them free of charge.
Students will be asked to provide evidence of their English language competency, which is a requirement for admission into higher education institutions in Ireland. If students do not have evidence of a test, they can take an online Duolingo test that will be provided at no charge. This is the result of a sectoral partnership with Duolingo, who have provided 3,500 free tests to the Helpdesk to support the national response.
There are significant resources for students to support them through the application process. There is a Frequently Asked Questions which can be viewed here provided in both English and Ukrainian, and a video guide which can be viewed here to assist students with the application process.
All students who have contacted the NHR Helpdesk, or individual HEIs, have now been contacted through English and Ukrainian to update them on the opening of the application system and to provide them with guidance on how to apply. There are also advisors on the helpdesk available to speak to students in Ukrainian, Russian and Polish, if necessary.
The closing date for applying to the NSR Application Desk is 2nd August 2022. The closing date for providing and uploading documents to support applications is 8th August 2022. For further information, students can contact the NSR Helpdesk by email at NSRHelpdesk@mu.ie or by telephone at (01) 474 7788.
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