CORK CHURCH OF IRELAND BISHOP SEEKS CLARIFICATION OF ROLE OF PROTESTANTS IN EDCU [96fm.ie]
- Published: 01 April 2011
The Church of Ireland Bishop of Cork , Doctor Paul Colton is asking the new Government to clarify the role of rotestants in providing education in Ireland into the future. Bishop Colton is also looking for the legal advice the previous Government , received from the Attorney General concerning Protestant schools to be made public. The Bishop was speaking at the annual convention of , the Association of Community and Comprehensive Schools in Wexford where he told delegates that this is a time of , great apprehension and uncertainty among Protestants involved in edcuation. Bishop Colton says the main concerns are the proposed redeployment of surplus staff on a cross patronage basis at primary level , the possible outcomes of reviews of smaller schools by the value for money working group , withdrawal of grants , and current indications that capital funding to Protestant , voluntary second level schools may be reduced.
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