O'Keeffe rounds on teachers in book-grant row [Independent.ie]
- Published: 26 August 2009
Education Minister Batt O'Keeffe last night hit back at criticism from a teachers' union over the withdrawal of the school books grant from needy families.
The minister has accused the Teachers Union of Ireland (TUI) of "selective remarks that conveniently ignore" increases in other funding for schools.
From this September, the book grants will be available only to pupils in designated disadvantaged schools -- about 500 of the 4,000 primary and post-primary schools.
Children from low-income families in other schools will lose the grant -- in order to save €7.5m .
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