Efforts to divert middle-management disaster [educationmatters.ie]
- Published: 07 March 2010
Talks are taking place between the Departments of Education and Finance, in an effort to pre-empt an “inoperable” situation in schools in September.
In the Dáil on March 4, Education Minister Batt O'Keeffe conceded that some schools were already encountering serious difficulties because of the hiring moratorium imposed by the Government on the filling of vacant promotion posts, and that children were being affected.
The latest figures reveal that 1,100 middle-management positions at assistant principal and special duties level have been lost to date in primary and secondary schools. Many more are forecast to go in the summer when a glut of retirements is expected.
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