Teachers urge cut in schools run by church [IrishTimes]
- Published: 04 April 2010
MORE THAN 80 per cent of primary teachers believe the Catholic Church should relinquish control of some or all of its schools.
But only 36 per cent believe the State should take over the running of all primary schools. These are the main findings of a comprehensive poll by the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) on Catholic school patronage.
The poll comes as the Department of Education drafts an initial list of 10-12 urban areas where it believes the Catholic Church could divest itself of some schools.
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