Education system budget 'cannot be cut anymore' [schooldays.ie]
- Published: 28 April 2011
The budget for primary and secondary schools in Ireland cannot be reduced any further, it has been said.
Pat King, general secretary of the Association of Secondary Teachers of Ireland (ASTI), urged the government not to take more money out of the education fund.
Speaking at the union conference earlier this week, he said: "There is no fat or waste in the education service."
Mr King went on to comment that schools are "run on a shoestring" and investment in the education sector is "pathetic".
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