Schools will drop subjects if class sizes increased [Independent.ie]
- Published: 04 August 2011
Schools will be forced to drop subjects if proposals to increase class sizes to save money go ahead, it has been warned.
The Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland said the education sector was already seriously underfunded and could not afford further cuts, branding it a nonsense.
Department of Education officials are examining a range of cost-cutting proposals ahead of December's budget aimed at saving €75m, including adding an extra child to each class.
But Pat King, ASTI general secretary, said children would suffer.
"At second level, schools will be forced to drop subjects, that's how it affects second level," Mr King said.
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