About the scheme

WorldWise is the Irish Aid Schools Linking and Immersion Scheme. It aims to raise awareness of development issues among Irish students, teachers and the wider community, and to heighten interest in and relevance of development education within the post-primary curriculum.

WorldWise provides funding to second-level schools and colleges that are involved in immersion and linking projects with partner schools or organisations in developing countries.

The objectives of the scheme are as follows:

  • Raise the profile of development education in post-primary Irish schools.
  • Provide advice and guidelines on the principles of school linking.
  • Have a positive impact on existing school linking and immersion projects and encourage the building of new school links.

WorldWise forms part of the Irish Aid Development Education Strategy.:

2007-8, Pilot Phase

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During the current school year (2007-8) we've been running the scheme on a pilot basis. We've used the pilot phase to gauge the levels of interest in the second-level sector in Ireland for implementing projects with a strong development education perspective.

We've also used the pilot to evaluate the appropriateness of funding levels and support activities. As a result of our evaluation of the pilot to date, we've made some changes to the activities and funding levels for the second year of the scheme (the 2008-9 school year). For more information, see Funding, or contact the WorldWise team.

 

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