What is DEIS?
Delivering Equality of opportunity In Schools is a national programme launched by the Department of Education and skills in 2005 and reviewed in 2016 which aimed at addressing the educational needs of children and young people from disadvantaged communities. The DEIS Plan 2022, sets out a vision for future intervention in the critical area of social inclusion in education policy, and is the DES policy instrument to address educational disadvantage
The frame of reference for DEIS is based on the definition of Educational disadvantage in the Education Act (1998) and is defined as: “…the impediments to education arising from social or economic disadvantage which prevent students from deriving appropriate benefit from education in schools.” The action plan is grounded in the belief that:
