Overcrowded classrooms among worst in country [laois-nationalist.ie]
- Published: 30 September 2011
PRIMARY schools in Laois are among the most overcrowded in the country.
That’s according to a statement released yesterday by the Irish National Teachers Organisation with regard to the growing problem of class overcrowding in commuter belt counties.
In its statement, INTO say that 90% of primary pupils in Laois are in classes greater than the EU average of 20 pupils to a class. It also says that 20% of primary school pupils in Laois are in classes of more than 30 children.
The general secretary of the INTO, Sheila Nunan, described yesterday’s figures as “shocking” and said the government was not tackling the problem of overcrowded classes, which was getting worse, particularly in commuter counties like Laois.
The INTO called the figures “a wake-up call” for the parents of 9,500 primary school pupils in the county in advance of the next budget.
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