2,000 new teaching jobs as pupil numbers soar [Independent.ie]
- Published: 13 May 2010
MORE than 1,000 new teaching jobs will be created by September -- with a further 1,000 expected next year.
The jobs are being given the green light because of a huge surge in the number of full-time students, which now tops one million for the first time in the history of the State. They are in addition to the hundreds of posts that have to be filled annually due to retirements.
They also come on top of the 500 teaching positions that are currently being filled as part of Fianna Fail's deal with the Greens to keep them in government.
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