In My Opinion: Privilege bias at expense of the marginalised must stop now [Independent.ie]
- Published: 26 October 2011
It has long been argued that private fee-paying schools would cease to exist if required to refund the estimated €100m subvention received from the State in the form of teacher allocation.
We believe that this is nonsense. Even if fees were increased, the majority of people currently doing so would continue to buy privilege.
However, even on examination of the economics involved it can be illustrated that the majority of fee-paying schools could reimburse their state funding and still have enough money to offer smaller class groups, greater subject choice and a range of other privileges.
It is right and commendable that parents seek the best possible education for their children. Such an education is available across the country, principally in the almost 700 schools in the non-fee sector. So the issue is not one of quality.
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