Student number surge to spark funding crisis [Independent.ie]
- Published: 27 June 2011
THE Government is facing a massive financial headache because of a projected explosion in student numbers at schools and colleges.
The number of enrolments over the coming years is estimated to be much higher than previously thought.
The Department of Education's latest predictions, seen by the Irish Independent, show that there will be an extra 80,000 students across all levels of education by 2014.
And by 2017, the number of students in primary and post-primary schools and third-level institutions will rise by 10pc to about 1.1 million.
In the next few years, it will require about 2,000 new teachers in primary and post-primary schools, as well as more third-level lecturers, to cope with the student boom.
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