Changes to learning support 'will harm pupils' [schooldays.ie]
- Published: 06 January 2012
Proposed changes to the way classroom resources for special needs students are calculated could damage the quality of education on offer, it has been warned.
Until now, primary schools were allocated staff to assist children with common learning difficulties such as dyslexia based on how many pupils they have, the Irish Examiner reports.
However, from the start of the next school year, special needs teachers will be assigned based on the number of classes a school has.
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