Batt O'Keeffe’s new school figures just don’t add up [labour.ie]
- Published: 28 October 2009
Yesterday Minister for Education and Science Batt O’Keeffe reported that 4,700 new school places will be established in 2010. While I wish this were true, a cursory examination of the details shows that Batt O’Keeffe is manipulating the figures.
The six schools that will be built are simply amalgamations of older and smaller schools. There will not be 4,700 additional places in our education system next year. All of the pupils in the existing schools will have to be accommodated in the new schools. In fact, I reckon there will only be 1,404 new places at most. (Details supplied)
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