Axe to fall on special-needs jobs [Independent.ie]
- Published: 15 January 2010
HUNDREDS of special-needs assistants (SNAs) will get their P45s in the post within the next few weeks, the Irish Independent has learned.
While some of these will be able to get work in other schools, many will end up without jobs.
The assistants who face the sack immediately work in schools where it has already been decided that their services are no longer required. In addition, a value-for-money audit that is under way is understood to be nearing completion. It will recommend a stricter implementation of the criteria that led to the appointment of assistants, resulting in the loss of an estimated 1,200 posts.
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