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Ratoath College parents refuse to buy iPads for their school

Parents of pupils in Ratoath College, Co Meath are refusing to buy the iPads that school offici...

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10.23 31 May 2019


Ratoath College parents refuse to buy iPads for their school


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10.23 31 May 2019


Parents of pupils in Ratoath College, Co Meath are refusing to buy the iPads that school officials want to use as a replacement to textbooks, due to concerns that the students are spending too much time on screens.

Former chair and current member of the schools board Nick Killian joins the programme, and Newstalk Technology Correspondent Jess Kelly joins Shane and Andrea to give her take on tablets in Education.


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Andrea Gilligan Education IPads In Schools Kieran Cuddihy Newstalk Newstalk Breakfast Ratoath Ratoath College Schools Shane Coleman

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