Government 'taking the cowardly approach' - Principal [sligochampion.ie]
- Published: 13 October 2011
A LOCAL SCHOOL principal and INTO official has accused the current government of taking "the cowardly political approach" of promising not to close small schools while increasing class sizes in bigger schools where large numbers of pupils were affected.
"Every time the pupil/teacher ratio is increased, it affects large numbers of pupils, teachers and parents," the INTO's local media coordinator, John Conlon stated.
Mr. Conlon, a primary school principal in Manorhamilton, added that every big school in Sligo had classes that had more than 30 pupils, going on to warn that the large number of parents, teachers and principals in the bigger schools who were most affected by increases in the pupil/teacher ratio would "not stand idly by."
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