Jail has better teacher ratio than schools [herald.ie]
- Published: 17 November 2009
Inmates in education at an Irish prison are benefiting from class sizes that are less than a fifth of the average at the country's primary schools.
Prisoners at Portlaoise jail are enjoying a student-teacher ratio of just five to one, compared with average class sizes of 28 in primary and 19 in post-primary education.
The hugely disproportionate figures have been described as "indefensible and wrong" by a Fine Gael councillor.
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