Extra 'alleviation' teachers to assist hardest hit disadvantaged schools [IrishTimes]
- Published: 16 December 2011
A NUMBER of teaching positions will be made available for “alleviation” measures to disadvantaged schools most affected by budget cuts, the Dáil has heard.
Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore said Minister for Education Ruairí Quinn was “very well aware that some schools will be particularly impacted by the withdrawal of legacy disadvantage posts”.
During sharp exchanges about the loss, originally of 428 teaching posts, to disadvantaged schools and those in the Deis (Delivering Equality of opportunity In Education) scheme, Mr Gilmore accused Sinn Féin deputy leader Mary Lou McDonald of “making things up” when she hit out at cuts to disadvantaged schools and highlighted the impact on pupils’ development across the State.
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