Class sizes second largest in EU [Independent.ie]
- Published: 26 September 2011
MORE than eight in 10 primary school children are in classes that are bigger than the EU average.
And it is expected to get worse after the next Budget.
Latest figures show that 86pc of primary pupils are in classes of 20 or more, with one in five in classes of more than 30.
Most of the overcrowded classes are in urban areas and in commuter counties adjoining the main cities.
Counties worst affected are Wicklow, Limerick, Kilkenny, Meath, Cork, Kildare, Carlow, Waterford, and Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown in Dublin, where the number of pupils in classes of 30-plus is above the national average.
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