Education

Fees to be scrapped for part-time college courses to combat ‘intergenerational’ poverty

Government is going to cover the cost of part-time courses for families who earn under €56,000

There is €2 million set aside for the scheme for the next college year in September 2024, but government expects it could “take off like a rocket”. Picture: Getty

Simon Harris, the Minister for Further and Higher Education, has said that fees for part-time college courses are going to be scrapped to reduce “intergenerational” child poverty.

The government is promising to cover the cost of part-time courses in colleges, as well as part-time online courses for families who earn under €56,000,

At his post-budget press conference, Harris said that the policy had arisen after a conversation he had with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar at a ...