Nearly 700 principals retired in last two years [IrishTimes]
- Published: 14 May 2010
ALMOST 700 school principals have either retired or moved schools in the last two years.
This unprecedented exodus is creating a huge deficit in leadership experience in primary schools, a conference of deputy principals was told yesterday.
The president of the Irish Primary Principals’ Network, Pat Goff, said this “leadership drain’’ would damage the capacity of the education system.
More than one in five primary school principals left the system in the past two years. The network’s research shows this is due to untenable workload, inadequate administrative support and a lack of middle management structures.
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