Can schools do without Special Needs Assistants? [educationmatters.ie]
- Published: 09 March 2010
The culling of Special Needs Assistant posts, underway since January, will gain further impetus in March with the completion of a government review.
The value-for-money audit to identify cases where Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) are no longer needed is being carried out in all schools where SNAs are employed. The work has been undertaken by the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) on behalf of the Department of Education.
A spokesman for the Department said posts that did not meet current criteria were being identified. These included posts that had been retained when a pupil's care needs had diminished or a student had left the school.
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