Education and Training Board

An Education and Training Board (ETB) (Irish: Bord Oideachais agus Oiliúna) is a statutory local education body in the Republic of Ireland that administers some secondary education, most adult education and a very small amount of primary education in the state. They came into existence on 1 July 2013, when they replaced the existing system of Vocational Education Committees (VECs) that had been in place since 1930.[1] In addition to taking over the responsibilities of VECs, ETBs took on the training functions of Foras Áiseanna Saothair (FÁS), the national training and employment authority, when it was dissolved in 2013.[2]

Education and Training Boards Ireland (ETBI) is the national representative association for the sixteen Education and Training Boards.

Number and constitution

There are 16 ETBS, replacing 33 VECs. On formation the existing VEC members became members of the replacement boards.[2]

Each board has 21 members:

  • 12 local authority representatives
  • 2 staff representatives
  • 2 parents' representatives
  • 5 members from bodies representing community/business interests: one community/business interest representative must be drawn from business, industry and employers; one from learners' representative bodies and one must be representative of "bodies connected to school management or leadership".[1][2]
ETB Former VECs Headquarters Website
Cavan and Monaghan ETB County Cavan VEC,
County Monaghan VEC		 Monaghan,
sub-office in Cavan Town		 cavanmonaghan.etb.ie
City of Dublin ETB City of Dublin VEC Ballsbridge cityofdublin.etb.ie
Cork ETB City of Cork VEC,
County Cork VEC		 Greater Cork cork.etb.ie
Dublin and Dún Laoghaire ETB County Dublin VEC,
Dún Laoghaire VEC		 Tallaght ddletb.ie
Donegal ETB County Donegal VEC Letterkenny donegaletb.ie
Galway and Roscommon ETB City of Galway VEC,
County Galway VEC,
County Roscommon VEC		 Athenry,
sub-office in Roscommon Town		 galwayroscommon.etb.ie
Kerry ETB County Kerry VEC Tralee kerryetb.ie
Kildare and Wicklow ETB County Kildare VEC,
County Wicklow VEC		 Naas,
sub-office in Wicklow		 kildarewicklow.etb.ie
Kilkenny and Carlow ETB County Carlow VEC,
County Kilkenny VEC		 Carlow Town kilkennycarlow.etb.ie
Laois and Offaly ETB County Laois VEC,
County Offaly VEC		 Portlaoise laoisoffalyetb.ie
Limerick and Clare ETB City of Limerick VEC,
County Limerick VEC,
County Clare VEC		 Greater Limerick limerickclare.etb.ie
Longford and Westmeath ETB County Longford VEC,
County Westmeath VEC		 Mullingar longfordwestmeath.etb.ie
Louth and Meath ETB County Louth VEC,
County Meath VEC		 Drogheda louthmeath.etb.ie
Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim ETB County Leitrim VEC,
County Mayo VEC,
County Sligo VEC		 Castlebar,
sub-offices in Sligo and
Carrick-on-Shannon		 mayosligoleitrim.etb.ie
Tipperary ETB North Tipperary VEC,
South Tipperary VEC		 Nenagh,
sub-office in Clonmel		 tipperary.etb.ie
Wexford and Waterford ETB County Wexford VEC,
County Waterford VEC,
City of Waterford VEC		 Wexford,
sub-offices in Dungarvan and
Waterford		 waterfordwexford.etb.ie
  • "Education and Training Boards Ireland (ETBI)". Retrieved 4 July 2013.

References

  1. 1 2 "Education and Training Boards replace VECs to save €2m a year". Irish Examiner. 1 July 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "Education and Training Boards replace VECs". Department of Education and Skills. 1 July 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
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