Abolition of sick cover for teachers criticised [IrishTimes]
- Published: 28 February 2010
THE ABOLITION of a scheme that provides a panel of supply teachers to cover sick leave for some primary schools is “shortsighted” and will affect disadvantaged schools hardest, the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) has said.
As part of Budget 2010, Minister for Education Batt O’Keeffe announced he would discontinue the Supply Panel Scheme this September. The scheme was piloted in 1993 and extended and made permanent in 1998.
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