Shari Irfan - Deputy Chair of the Convention on Education

Shari Irfan is a Law and History student at DCU. He has extensive experience working within the Department of Education and Youth’s national policy structures, having served on the Council of Members for the NCCA. Shari has also served on multiple departmental working groups, including the Student Participation Expert Group, the Implementation Group for the Review of Out-of-School Education Provision, and the Working Group to Review the 2013 Anti-Bullying Procedures under Cineáltas.

He has contributed to the Programme Delivery Board and the Senior Cycle Redevelopment Partners’ Forum, working on curriculum reform, inclusion, and equality of access. At a European level, Shari represented Ireland through the Organising Bureau of European School Student Unions (OBESSU) and participated in the EU Technical Support Instrument (TSI) project. As the former President of the Irish Second-Level Students’ Union (ISSU), he has represented the voice of over 300,000 students.