Overview
It is a practice in many schools to organise Supervised After-School Study for students. The study session(s) normally take place between 4.00 p.m. and 6.00 p.m. with some schools offering further sessions later in the evening and on Saturdays. As this is a voluntary activity for non-boarding students, after school study normally involves a cost on students and their parents.
It is the responsibility of the board of management to ensure that an appropriate system of financial control is in place to govern after school study.
After school study can be operated in one of the two following ways:
- Supervised study is organised through the existing administrative structure within the school by an individual(s), usually a teacher(s), on an agreed paid basis. The income from the students paying for After School Study should be sufficient to cover the cost of paying the organiser/supervisors of after school study.
- Supervised study is organised and administered by an individual or group (who may or may not be teachers in the school) on a private enterprise basis.