Under the Education Act 1998 Education Centres are required to:
Provide training, development and support for teachers and the wider school community, both in terms of meeting locally researched and identified teacher and school community needs and also through involvement in national in–service programmes

• Be involved, as a major strategic resource within education, in a range of national and other projects, programmes and initiatives as may be decided by the Minister, following consultation and in partnership with the Centres, for implementation in the education system from time to time
• Act as far as possible as a resource and meeting centre for the local education community and to actively promote its role
• To plan for the development of expertise in key areas and to share such expertise throughout the Education Centre network and the educational system in general
• Co-operate and engage with other Education Centres, full and part-time, so as to ensure that an effective network of Centres is established
• To develop expertise in key areas as agreed by the Centres in consultation and partnership with the DES and to share such throughout the Education Centre network and the education system in general
• To provide other services and supports as may be requested by the Minister

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