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Muintearas, An Togra Oideachas Gaeltachta

Muintearas is an organisation concerning itself with every aspect of education and community development in the Irish Gaeltacht and is active in the areas of Early Childhood Development, Primary Education, Development of Teaching Materials, Youth Programmes, (Irish) Language Assistance, ICTs, Education and Training and Research. Muintearas grew out of an identified need in the local community in the Connamara Gaeltacht where parents were concerned about the education of their children. Research by Muintearas highlighted issues about community attitudes, access to education in the community language and cultural appropriateness of prevailing educational structures. Muintearas has established close links with community and educational organisations all over Europe under various European programmes and even its staff composition reflects this international orientation.

Muintearas is employing 45 full-time personnel and is involved in various human resource development interventions at the chalkface or coalface of Gaeltacht communities. This institution has presented and published a number of papers, publications on educational matters and aspects of community development pertaining to rural peripheral regions. The institution is to the fore in the effort to sustain the use and viability of the Irish Language in the Gaeltacht area into the future. The employees have also vast experience and knowledge in the areas of Early Child Development and Education for the disadvantaged.



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