Mr Colm McEvoy, current CEO in County Cavan VEC, has been appointed as the permanent CEO to Kerry Education and Training Board (ETB) from the commencement of the new ETB. This appointment is as a result of the Department of Education and Skills decision to amalgamate VEC’s nationally and reduce the numbers from 33 to… Continue Reading Changes at Kerry Education Service

On Thursday 23rd February Cappanalea OEC orgainised and ran the annualy KES Inter Schools Orienteering event in Ballyseedy Woods, Tralee.  This was the 5th year for the KES Interschools Orienteering competition and new this year was the introduction of the Kerry Schools Orienteering event.  There was a toatl of 407 students who participated on the… Continue Reading KES and Kerry Schools Orienteering Day

Cappanalea OEC is running a KES Active Schools Adventure Programme. The expedition will run over the October mid term break, from Monday 31st October until Thursday 3rd November 2011. Invitations are being extended to all our KES schools and Centres seeking nominations to form a mixed group of young KES students. These students could be… Continue Reading Active Schools Adventure Programme (ASAP)

Cappanalea OEC / Kerry Education Service will once again be running the FAS Outdoor Activity Instructor traineeship Programme for 2011/12. The interview process will begin the middle of August with up to 120 potential candidates going through the first phase of the process. From this 120 interviews there will be 24 trainees selected for the… Continue Reading FAS Outdoor Activity Instructor Traineeship 2011/12

It was with sadness that we learnt that on the 1st January 2011 our Chief Executive Officer Dr. Barney O Reilly will be stepping down as Chief Executive Officer of Kerry Education Service. Dr. O Reilly will be retiring after having served 25 years in Kerry. Since taking over as CEO of Co. Kerry VEC… Continue Reading Fond Farwell to our CEO