What are school principals doing about child safety? [IrishExaminer]
- Published: 22 December 2009
ON December 18, the Irish Primary Principals Network (IPPN), following a survey of 630 primary schools, said that 80% of school principals have "deep-rooted concerns in relation to child protection in primary schools in Ireland".
This is an alarming, unacceptable and very dangerous situation. School principals themselves are the designated liaison persons for the implementation of child protection policies and procedures in schools. They also sit on boards of management with which they are obliged to raise all such concerns.
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