State steps up surprise inspections of schools [Independent.ie]
- Published: 04 May 2010
THE Government is increasing surprise inspections in schools after it carried out almost 200 impromptu visits in just three months.
The Department of Education normally relies on the pre-planned Whole School Evaluation (WSE) inspection process, which tips schools off weeks and sometimes months in advance about an inspector's visit.
However, new figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act reveal the country's primary schools were subjected to 190 unannounced inspections in the last three months of 2009.
The inspectorate carried out just six such impromptu visits in the nine months prior to October.
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