Teachers consider school ban on sports [IrishTimes]
- Published: 11 December 2009
REACTION: A BAN on all school sports and other extracurricular activities is one of the options under consideration by teachers in response to the Budget pay cut.
The proposed ban could affect key school competitions in GAA, rugby and soccer. It could also have a huge impact on Transition Year programmes and on a range of musical and cultural activities.
At this stage, teacher unions say there is no question of any disruption to Leaving Cert oral exams scheduled for March. However, the unions may come under pressure from more militant members to disrupt the exams.
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