Danger of social gap in schools [IrishExaminer]
- Published: 23 June 2011
THE danger of a wider social gap being forced between schools even if parents have greater choice needs to be avoided, the Forum on Patronage and Pluralism in the Primary Sector was told.
The point was made by a number of groups on the opening day of hearings by the forum’s advisory group.
Fr Michael Drumm of the Catholic Schools Partnership said that while the primary system is very vibrant, particularly in rural areas, some urban areas have the most stratified schools in Europe.
"There are parents who are certainly not serving the common good at the moment, moving [their children] from a town centre school to the edge of town. There’s a lot of evidence of that and all patrons would frown about that kind of thing," he said.
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