'Non-teachers' taught thousands [Independent.ie]
- Published: 04 July 2011
THOUSANDS of primary pupils spent at least half the past year being taught by people without the proper qualifications -- but the Department of Education won't identify the schools involved.
Latest figures show that 164 unqualified personnel worked in a teaching capacity in 152 primary schools for at least 90 of the 183 days in the 2010/11 school year.
However, the department refuses to name the schools on the grounds that it would identify individuals because, in most cases, only one person was involved.
The data was released to the Irish Independent under Freedom of Information (FOI) legislation, which allows for information to be refused where an individual would be identified.
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