Editing Irish Travellers (section)

== Education ==
In 2004, it was reported that Traveller children often grow up outside educational systems.<ref name="Garrett">''Social work and Irish people in Britain: historical and contemporary responses to Irish children and families'' by Paul Michael Garrett (2004). [[doi:10.2307/j.ctt1t8935r]]</ref> Traveller children were reported in 2017 to leave education at a younger age than children in the settled community, with 28% leaving the education system by age 13.<ref>{{cite web
 |url=https://itmtrav.ie/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/RS56.pdf
 |title=A Social Portrait of Travellers in Ireland
 |last1=Watson
 |first1=Dorothy
 |last2=Kenny
 |first2=Oona
 |last3=McGinnity
 |first3=Frances
 |date=January 2017
 |website=Irish Traveller Movement
 |publisher=ESRI
 |access-date=2021-06-09
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119215514/https://itmtrav.ie/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/RS56.pdf
 |archive-date=2020-11-19}}</ref>
One of the causes identified is the historical marginalisation of the community within the educational system. The segregation of Traveller children from their settled peers led to worse outcomes in regard to undertaking state examinations, and levels of numeracy and literacy.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Education|url=https://itmtrav.ie/strategic-priorities/education/|access-date=2021-06-08|website=Irish Traveller Movement|language=en-GB}}</ref> The [[Irish Traveller Movement]], a community advocacy group, promotes equal access to education for Traveller children.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itmtrav.ie/keyissues/education |title=ITM Key Issues – Education |publisher=Irish Traveller Movement |access-date=12 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721125129/http://www.itmtrav.ie/keyissues/education |archive-date=21 July 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In the Census of Ireland 2016, 167 Travellers are enumerated as having a third level educational qualification, a rise from 89 in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Irish Travellers - Socio-economic Aspects and Housing - CSO - Central Statistics Office|url=https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-cp8iter/p8iter/p8itseah/|access-date=2021-06-08|website=www.cso.ie|language=en}}</ref>

In December 2010, the Irish Equality Tribunal ruled in favour of a Traveller child in an anti-discrimination suit which covered the admission practices of [[CBS High School Clonmel]] in [[County Tipperary]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2010/1210/1224285195609.html |title=Traveller wins discrimination case over school's 'father rule' |access-date=12 June 2011 |newspaper=The Irish Times |first=Carol |last=Coulter |date=10 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110313090247/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2010/1210/1224285195609.html |archive-date=13 March 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> In July 2011, the secondary school in Clonmel successfully appealed the decision of the Equality Tribunal that its admission criteria were indirectly discriminatory against children from the Traveller community.<ref>{{cite news| title =School wins appeal over exclusion of Traveller | publisher =Journal.ie | date =25 June 2011 | url =http://www.thejournal.ie/ruling-due-on-traveller-school-exclusion-case-185585-Jul2011/ }}</ref>