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07/09/2012
Teachers Union Says Schools Pushed To Breaking Point
Students being sent home early as a result of budget cuts demonstrate the agonising choices some schools have had to make recently, according to teachers union ASTI
One secondary school has said that it is being forced to send first year and second year students home early due to staffing cuts,
RTÉ News has reported.
A second school said it was timetabling study classes for students because it did not have enough teachers.
Both of these steps are against Department of Education regulations, which stipulate a set number of hours of teaching for students.
The ASTI said second-level schools were in a catch-22 situation with no choice but to make decisions that would impact negatively on the education of their students.
The union said the news affirmed its warning to Minister for Education Ruairi Quinn that further cuts would push schools to breaking point.
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One secondary school has said that it is being forced to send first year and second year students home early due to staffing cuts,
RTÉ News has reported.
A second school said it was timetabling study classes for students because it did not have enough teachers.
Both of these steps are against Department of Education regulations, which stipulate a set number of hours of teaching for students.
The ASTI said second-level schools were in a catch-22 situation with no choice but to make decisions that would impact negatively on the education of their students.
The union said the news affirmed its warning to Minister for Education Ruairi Quinn that further cuts would push schools to breaking point.
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