Keep special needs classes if students need them - report [IrishTimes]
- Published: 02 February 2010
PUPILS WHO require special needs support should be accommodated in special needs classes, a forthcoming report from the National Council for Special Education will recommend.
The report says the inclusion of pupils in mainstream classes should not be used as a reason to withdraw special classes when still required. This appears at odds with a decision last year by Minister for Education Batt O’Keeffe to abolish more than 120 special needs classes for over 500 pupils.
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