Teacher's pet [IrishTimes]
- Published: 18 May 2010
An insider’s guide to education
- The “big -spending’’ areas of health and education are reportedly being targeted by department of finance mandarins as the fiscal crisis continues.
These reports have unleashed great apprehension across the education sector.
But the scope for another “slash and burn” exercise in schools and colleges is very narrow – not least because over 70 per cent of the €8billion in education funding is absorbed by pay and pensions for teachers, lecturers and the rest.
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