Fury as unqualified teachers get legal right to give classes [Independent.ie]
- Published: 29 September 2010
TEACHERS were last night furious over government plans to give unqualified personnel a legal right to teach in schools.
The Government insists it will only occur in certain exceptional and limited circumstances -- and only in consultation with management, unions and the Teaching Council, which maintains a register.
But INTO general secretary Sheila Nunan said that, given the numbers of teachers unemployed or working elsewhere, it was astonishing that Education Minister Mary Coughlan should even contemplate the employment of non-teachers.
"It is completely unacceptable for a non-teacher to be employed in schools when highly qualified teachers are seeking work," said Ms Nunan.
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