INTO says plan to cut 125 more teachers from primary schools another attack [into.ie]
- Published: 23 May 2011
Sheila Nunan General Secretary, Irish National Teachers’ Organisation
on staffing cutbacks in schools
on staffing cutbacks in schools
INTO says plan to cut 125 more teachers from primary schools another attack on and marginalised children.
The Irish National Teachers’ Organisation described the cut of 125 additional teachers as another attack on disadvantaged and marginalised children. The union was responding to an announcement by the Department of Education and Skills that
The union said the decision flew in the face of last year’s PISA report on literacy and numeracy by the OECD which found that Irish standards were negatively affected by an increase in international children.
"This will only make the situation worse" said INTO general secretary Sheila Nunan.
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