Post-primary Education in 20th Century Ireland

  • Publication of The Whitaker%u2019s Economic Report

  • Adoption of The Whitaker Report

  • Progress, growth and even survival depended on an%u201Ceducated%u201Dworkforce, Vaizey, J. & Druker, P.

  • Investment in Education Team Recommendations

    The Investment in Education Team recommended a reorganised curriculum to bring education into harmony with industrial, commercial and agricultural needs of the new state
  • Investment in Education Report

  • The Introduction of Free Education

  • Central Applications Office (C.A.O.) Established

  • Curriculum and Examination Board Established

  • The Introduction of the Points System