Union demands funding to fulfil school promises [IrishTimes]
- Published: 27 November 2009
THE IRISH National Teachers’ Organisation is demanding fresh funding in the forthcoming budget to implement commitments made in the recent revised programme for government.
In a pre-budget submission to the Minister for Finance, it says these commitments are “worthless without additional funding”.
The union says the commitment to maintain the pupil-teacher ratio in primary schools and to provide 200 extra teaching posts to schools badly affected by recent cuts must be funded in the budget.
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