New class size figures show damage done to education system [labour.ie]
- Published: 01 September 2010
Labour Party Spokesperson on Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairi Quinn, has said that the revelation by the Department of Education and Skills that 107,000 primary school children are in classes with over 30 pupils highlights the damaging impacts cutbacks are having in our primary schools.
“15,000 additional students are attending primary school in our overcrowded and under-funded education system since last year’s survey was published.
“This is the real evidence of the government’s strategy to repeatedly cut public spending. Fianna Fáil have not only wrecked the economy, they are seriously damaging our education system too.
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