Schools drop science over cuts - study [IrishTimes]
- Published: 02 April 2010
MORE THAN 14 per cent of second-level schools have dropped science subjects because of budget cutbacks, according to a survey. The survey also found that 10 per cent of schools have been forced to drop physics from the choice of subjects available to students.
The research also found that higher and ordinary science classes have been combined in 70 per cent of the schools surveyed.
The survey among more than 300 Junior Cert science teachers was conducted by Millward Browne Lansdowne on behalf of the Association of Secondary Teachers of Ireland (ASTI).
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