Wallace raises Gael Coláiste query regarding teachers [fiannafail.ie]
- Published: 18 June 2010
Mary Wallace TD has asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills Mary Coughlan the way the teacher panel transfer operates in the Vocational Education Committee in relation to bypassing the panel system to ensure that all teachers appointed to a Gael Coláiste have the ability to teach their subject in Irish.
For example if the Gael Coláiste requires a Maths teacher and the existing VEC panel contained Maths teachers whose ability was to teach in English instead of as Gaeilge, would the VEC be in a position in such circumstances to by-pass the panel system to ensure that the Maths teacher appointed is in a position to teach maths as Gaeilge
Deputy Wallace has been advised that each Vocational Education Committee (VEC) is an independent statutory body established under the Vocational Education Act 1930 that the Department of Education and Skills has no direct involvement in the deployment of teachers within individual VECs.
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