Quinn 'to press ahead' with teaching post cuts [schooldays.ie]
- Published: 15 December 2011
Education Minister Ruairi Quinn is set to go ahead with plans that could see almost 430 teaching posts lost in disadvantaged schools, despite objections from principals and backbench TDs.
The Irish Independent reports he has warned there is no "magic wand" to solve the problem, following a meeting this week with backbenchers and teachers from establishments likely to be affected.
Around 270 primaries and 163 second-level schools that have previously received assistance under the Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools scheme are set to find out next month how their teaching resources will be affected.
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