Should Irish classrooms be open for business? [Independent.ie]
- Published: 21 October 2009
Parents busily collect Tesco vouchers in the hope that their child's school will be able to acquire a computer. Cadbury's provides sponsorship for a scheme aimed at encouraging links between business and disadvantaged schools.
AIB encourages secondary schools to set up their own bank branches, with students opening real life accounts. The Young Scientist Exhibition, sponsored by BT, is for many school-aged innovators the highlight of the school year.
It is hard to imagine schools without some form of business involvement or sponsorship. But where do schools draw the line between positive engagement with companies, and involvement that amounts to commercial exploitation of pupils?
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