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Category: Blog

Celebration and Pride at BTEI Kilkenny Awards

Micheala Walsh from Windgap with Denise Gallagher from Mullinahone.

(Wed. 30 November, 2022) – Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board (KCETB) held its annual Back to Education Initiative (BTEI) awards ceremony last night at the Springhill Court Hotel where students were presented with QQI levels 4 and 5 awards in horticulture, healthcare and childcare.   BTEI provides free, part-time further education for young… Continue reading Celebration and Pride at BTEI Kilkenny Awards

FET tutors honoured at KCETB retirement event

KCETB Chief Executive Eileen Curtis, KCETB Adult Education Co-ordinator Carmel Bryan; KCETB Adult Literacy retirees Breda Rookard, Margaret Campion, Kathie Hamilton, Eamon Mealy, Cathleen Deegan, and Catherine O’Dowd; KCETB Adult Education Officer Bernadette O’Rourke, KCETB Director of FET Martha Bolger

(Fri. 24th November, 2022) – Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board (KCETB) held a special event yesterday for retired employees of its Further Education and Training (FET) Service to acknowledge their service and thank them for their hard work and dedication in providing education services to the Kilkenny and Carlow region.   The ceremony,… Continue reading FET tutors honoured at KCETB retirement event

VTOS Spells Success

(Fri. 18 Nov. 2022) – Kilkenny’s Ormonde Hotel was last night a hub of activity for the graduates of VTOS (Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme) Kilkenny.  The annual awards ceremony was an occasion to treasure for the VTOS Kilkenny participants and their families.   MC for the occasion was VTOS Co-Ordinator Geraldine Moran who expressed sincere… Continue reading VTOS Spells Success

Celebrations as Ormonde College of Further Education Hosts Conferring Ceremony

(Fri. 28th October, 2022) – Ormonde College of Further Education last night held its annual conferring ceremony in Kilkenny city at which graduates of 24 separate programmes of study were conferred with their awards in areas such as animal care, equestrian studies, beauty therapy, hairdressing, community care, nursing studies, applied psychology, youthwork and addiction studies,… Continue reading Celebrations as Ormonde College of Further Education Hosts Conferring Ceremony

KCETB honours its retired employees at special event

Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board (KCETB) this week held a special event for retired employees to acknowledge their service and thank them for their hard work and dedication in providing education services to the Kilkenny and Carlow region. The full group is pictured. Back row (l-r): Conor O’Higgins (Ormonde College of Further Education); Clare O’Dwyer (Scoil Aireagail); James Dermody (Coláiste Aindriú); Patricia Dennehy (Scoil Aireagail); Andy Hogan (KCETB Training Services); Shelagh Hand (Carlow Institute of Further Education and Training); Brendan Brennan (Kilkenny City Vocational School); Anne Hickey (Coláiste Eoin); Padraig O’Ceallaigh (Carlow Institute of Further Education and Training); Pat Murphy (Duiske College); Liam O’Brien (Scoil Aireagail). Front row (l-r): Máire Ní Chonchubhair (Gaelcholáiste Cheatharlach); Madailín Mhic Lochlainn (Gaelcholáiste Cheatharlach); KCETB Chairperson Cllr Fergal Browne; KCETB Chief Executive Eileen Curtis; Patricia O’Dwyer (KCETB Adult Education); Patricia McDermott (KCETB).

Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board (KCETB) this week held a special event for retired employees to acknowledge their service and thank them for their hard work and dedication in providing education services to the Kilkenny and Carlow region.     What is normally an annual event was deferred due to the pandemic so… Continue reading KCETB honours its retired employees at special event

362 Apprentices Graduate at KCETB-hosted National Apprenticeship Awards 2022

(Tue 18 October, 2022) – 362 apprentices from Kilkenny, Carlow, Tipperary, Waterford and Wexford graduated yesterday at a special ceremony in Kilkenny at which they were presented with their awards by Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage Malcolm Noonan, TD.   The National Apprenticeship Awards 2022 for the south-east… Continue reading 362 Apprentices Graduate at KCETB-hosted National Apprenticeship Awards 2022

Inaugural National Apprenticeship Awards 2022 for the south east

Pictured are graduand apprentices Garret Brennan, Sous Chef at Avalon House Hotel, Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny; Keith Hickey, Toolmaker with Carlow Toolmaking Services, Pollerton, Carlow and Joanne Cooney, Electrician with Excel Engineering, Callan, Co. Kilkenny. They are amongst 362 talented apprentices across Carlow, Kilkenny, Tipperary, Waterford and Wexford who will graduate at the inaugural National Apprenticeship Awards 2022 for the south-east region taking place in Kilkenny on Monday 17 October.

362 talented apprentices across Carlow, Kilkenny, Tipperary, Waterford and Wexford will graduate at the inaugural National Apprenticeship Awards 2022 for the south-east region taking place in Kilkenny next week (Mon. 17 October).   Organised by Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board (KCETB) for the region, the National Apprenticeship Awards recognise the achievements of apprentices… Continue reading Inaugural National Apprenticeship Awards 2022 for the south east

KCETB students are centre stage at ETBI Annual Conference 2022

Lemn Sissay MBE, Chancellor of the University of Manchester and Sunday Times bestselling author pictured with musicians from Music Generation Carlow trad collective ‘Reelig’' after he delivered a keynote address at the annual Education and Training Boards Ireland (ETBI) education conference in Mount Wolseley, Carlow

Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board (KCETB) students took an active part in the recent Education and Training Boards Ireland (ETBI) Annual Conference 2022, which took place at Mount Wolesley Hotel, Co. Carlow.   Young musicians from Music Generation Carlow and from Coláiste Eoin Hacketsown were selected to provide the entertainment on both evenings… Continue reading KCETB students are centre stage at ETBI Annual Conference 2022

Cllr Fergal Browne Elected Chairperson of KCETB

Outgoing KCETB chairman, Cllr Peter “Chap” Cleere congratulates and welcomes the incoming chairman, Cll Fergal Browne

(Thurs. 5 October, 2022) – Cllr Fergal Browne is the new chairperson of Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board (KCETB) and Cllr Andrea Dalton its new vice-chairperson, following their election by the board this week. Both councillors represent Carlow County Council.   They replace outgoing chairperson, Cllr Peter “Chap” Cleere, following a six-year tenure,… Continue reading Cllr Fergal Browne Elected Chairperson of KCETB

KCETB launches new Strategy Statement

Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board (KCETB) today launched its Strategy Statement 2022-2026, which will guide its work for the next five years. This is the second strategy since the establishment of KCETB in 2013 as a leading provider of education and training in the south east. KCETB enables 15,000 annual learners to reach… Continue reading KCETB launches new Strategy Statement

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