O'Keeffe targets smaller schools for mergers [Independent.ie]
- Published: 22 February 2010
EDUCATION Minister Batt O'Keeffe has signalled a new look at possible amalgamations of small schools in a bid to save money.
The fate of small schools is a hugely sensitive issue in rural Ireland where they are cherished as cornerstones of local communities.
Almost half of our 3,200 primary schools have fewer than 100 pupils, with five teachers or less, and are predominantly in rural areas.
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