Education - Primary Teaching - Gaeltacht Applicants

The Bachelor of Education is a four-year, full-time, honours degree (Level 8) designed to qualify students to teach in primary schools.

Applicants must be at least 16 years old on 15 January of the year of entry and must have obtained the following minimum grades at a single sitting of the Leaving Certificate examination:

• Grade H5 on a Higher Level paper in not less than three subjects
• Grade O6/H7 in three other subjects (Higher or Ordinary Level) Applicants must have obtained the following grades, at minimum, in subjects specified:
• Gaeilge - Grade H3
• Mathematics - O4 or H7
• English - O4 or H7 Foundation Level Mathematics does not satisfy the entry requirement in Mathematics. *Minimum grades required in Gaeilge, English and Mathematics can be obtained at different sittings of the Leaving Certificate Examination(s). The requirement to achieve a minimum of Grade H5 in three Higher Level papers and Grade O6/H7 in three other subjects (Higher or Ordinary Level) must be obtained in a single sitting of the Leaving Certificate Examination.. GARDA VETTING/CRIMINAL RECORDS BUREAU CHECK Registration will be conditional upon successful completion of the Garda Vetting/CRB checking process. GAELTACHT ENTRY ROUTE (MI006) Up to 10% of places on the Bachelor of Education programme are reserved for applicants from the Gaeltacht, who normally reside in an official Gaeltacht designated area, and whose normal language of the home is Irish. From September 2022 applicants wishing to commence the B Ed through the Gaeltacht Entry Route must meet the following updated criteria in order to be eligible to apply for entry to the programme: A) Be resident in a Gaeltacht Language Planning Area and B) Must obtain at least a H3 in Leaving Certificate Irish. The Department of Education and Skills will confirm to the CAO whether applicants are resident in a Gaeltacht Language Planning Area. In order to assist in this process in determining eligibility, applicants to this route are requested to provide their Eircode when applying through the CAO. Prospective Gaeltacht applicants for MI006 are very welcome to check their eligibility on the Amharcóir Pleanála Teanga map.The CAO will check that the applicant has met the entry requirements for the programme, including H3 in Irish before points are calculated. Successful applicants will be notified through the normal CAO offer process. Gaeltacht Entry Route applicants may, if they wish, apply also under the normal MI005 code for the B Ed.