Quinn urged to focus on teacher numbers and abandon exam reform [IrishTimes]
- Published: 05 August 2011
MINISTER FOR Education Ruairí Quinn should jettison radical plans for exam reform and instead focus on preserving teacher numbers in schools, a teacher union leader has said.
Amid controversy about Government plans to increase class size, Peter MacMenamin of the Teachers’ Union of Ireland said the education system should “effectively tread water” and abandon plans to introduce expensive programmes.
Elsewhere, Fine Gael Senator Fidelma Healy Eames said the Minister needs to “think seriously” before pushing for an increase in class size. “While I am supportive of the Minister’s reforming zeal, let’s be cautious and think this one out.”
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