Statement by Jim Higgins, President, INTO [into.ie]
- Published: 25 April 2011
Monday, 25 April 2011
Statement by Jim Higgins, President, Irish National Teachers’ Organisation, on IMF/EU Deal
INTO Annual Congress 2011
INTO: Ireland’s deal with the IMF/EU will cripple primary schools.
The INTO has said primary education will feel the impact of the EU/IMF deal more than any other area of the public service.
The union’s President, Jim Higgins, has told its Annual Congress in Sligo that with enrolments increasing by more than 10,000 every year schools cannot cope with fewer teachers.
Mr Higgins said primary education faces the greatest challenge from reduced government spending.
“Over the coming years the pupil population will increase by more than ten percent in the next five years,” he said. “The employment control frame work agreed under the EU/IMF deal takes no account of this.”
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