Minister signals VEC shake-up [Independent.ie]
- Published: 18 September 2009
A MAJOR shake-up in the VEC sector is on the way.
Education Minister Batt O'Keeffe is inviting the State's 33 vocational education committees to submit their views on where they should go in future. The minister would not be drawn on suggestions that he would cut the number of VECs below the 20 mark last night.
But some fear the final figure could be as low as 16, even lower than the 22 recommended by the Bord Snip Nua report. The McCarthy report also recommended that the VECs be amalgamated into local authorities but this was rejected by Mr O'Keeffe.
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