The Education Act, 1998

Last updated: Fri, Oct 10th, 2014 8:01:05 pm

The Education Act, 1998 provides that there are three strands in the management of all schools:

• The Trustees/Patron

• The Board of Management

• The Executive (The Principal and Staff)

Each school must have a registered patron. Section 8 (1)(b) of the Act provides that –

The persons who, at the commencement of this section, stand appointed as trustees or as the board of governors of a post-primary school and, where there are no such trustees or such board, the owner of that school, shall be deemed to be the patron for the purposes of this Act and the Minister shall enter his, her or their name, as appropriate, in a register kept for that purpose by the Minister.