Secondary Schools in County Wexford - Bridgetown Vocational College, St Augustine's and Good Counsel College, New Ross, St Peter's College (Paperback)

Chapters: Bridgetown Vocational College, St Augustine's and Good Counsel College, New Ross, St Peter's College, Wexford, Gorey Community School. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Bridgetown Vocational College (BVC) is an Irish secondary school in Bridgetown, County Wexford, Ireland, managed by the County Wexford Vocational Education Committee (VEC). The College crest that appears on the school uniform and school diariesTechnical education in Ireland has a history that stretches back over hundreds of years. The Dublin Philosophical Society was founded in 1683 followed by the Royal Dublin Society in 1731. These learned bodies sought to promote improvements in agricultural husbandry, manufacture and the useful arts and to promote the study of the sciences. These initiatives saw the development of a number of regional centres. These in turn paved the way for the popular Mechanics' Institutes one of which was subsequently located in Wexford town. During the nineteenth century official bodies such as the Commissioners for National Education (1831) and the Department of Science and Art (1851) extended state support to technical and manual instruction. In 1893 the Technical Education Association of Ireland was founded and it articulated the need for a national system of technical training. 1899 saw the passing of the Agriculture and Technical Instruction (Ireland) Act. Some time after the enactment of the Vocational Education Act in 1930, a small experimental vocational school was established in rented accommodation in Bridgetown village. Enrolment crept up slowly and it was not until the 1960s that the need for a proper post-primary school in the area was fully accepted. So it was that on 18 October 1965, 44 students and five teachers moved from the r...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1068550