Minister wants extra pre-schooling for special needs children [schooldays.ie]
- Published: 07 July 2011
The Minister for Children Frances Fitzgerald has said she would like children with special needs to be provided with an extra year of free pre-schooling.
Currently, all families are entitled to one free year of pre-school paid for by the state, but the minister believes special needs pupils would benefit from this being doubled.
She told the Irish Times such a plan would boost their development and allow them to be better served by educators.
"The kind of needs they have would become clearer in the course of the second year and they would be better prepared for primary school," Ms Fitzgerald said.
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