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Scoilnet is Ireland's official education web site. It is a dynamic site catering for the needs of
teachers parents and students.
Department of Education and
Science provides extensive information on the
latest developments in Irish education. The official government web site which includes past exam papers, exam
timetable, the prescribed material for exams, the marking schemes and the Junior/ Leaving Certificate results for
the past number of years.
Eircom eircom learning is a new educational web site dedicated to the advancement of all levels of learning in Ireland. As part of its £15 million investment in the Information Age Schools Project, eircom has fully funded this ambitious project, the aim of which is to provide invaluable information for teachers, students and parents on all aspects of education today. The site, which is content-rich and highly interactive, contains a number of sections targeted at specific audiences within the education system.
Topstudy is an excellent site which aims to deliver innovative and relevant Web content for students and educators in Ireland.
Leaving Certificate a site catering solely for Leaving Certificate students. A virtual library of resources at your fingertips. Each topic in each subject has an introductory essay written by a Leaving Cert teacher.
TUI is the web site
of the Teachers' Union of Ireland which represents over 11,000 members in post-primary, third level and further
education.
National Parents Council
(Post-primary) is the web site of the body which represents all parents associations
in post-primary school in Ireland.
Central Applications Office
(CAO) processes the applications for admission
to the first year of undergraduate courses in the Republic of Ireland.
Irish
Times - Business 2000 contains case studies of many Irish companies and is a useful resource for
the Business student.
Biz/ed is a vast site
dedicated to students and teachers of Business, Accounting and Economics.
The Virtual Baguette is a French/English multimedia ezine dealing with issues in the
French culture.
The Physics Guide is an access site to Physics on the Web. It also provides access to General Science sites and sites which are suitable for Junior Cert.and Leaving Cert. Maths.
NCVA is the official site of the National Council for Educational Awards, which has developed a certification system for a wide range of vocational education and training programmes.
CERT is the site of the State Tourism Training Agency. It provides information on careers in tourism, including courses available in the Tourism College, Killybegs.
Léargas 
The Exchange Bureau contributes to the processes by which the worlds of education, training
and human resource development adapt to meet the challenges of the 21st century. It enables and supports people,
organisations and systems to innovate and to harness the benefits of transnational partnership in the context of
European Union and bilateral programmes.
Steps (Science, Technology and Engineering Programme for Schools) is a public awareness and information programme aimed at addressing the shortfall in engineering recruitment. Its aim is that student, teachers and parents will use it as a resource for doing projects in school an dthat it will be a first port of call for young people when they are considering whatb career they might choose.
