Schools can't take cuts says Killicomaine head [portadowntimes.co.uk]
- Published: 05 July 2010
THE principal of Killicomaine Junior High School has issued a thinly veiled warning about the effects of possible cuts on running schools in Northern Ireland.
Speaking during the school’s recent prize day, Hugh McCarthy said schools should be exempt from the cuts in education budgets.
“All political parties state that they will protect front line services – it’s a well worn easy sound bite – but what does it mean in relation to education? We in schools have an uneasy feeling that when it comes to cuts all parts of the system will be cut equally DENI, RTU, CEA, boards and schools,” said Mr McCarthy.
“Although not directly comparable, 84 per cent of educational expenditure in England goes into the classroom, in Austria it is 90 per cent and in Northern Ireland it is.. 62 per cent.
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