The Teachers Union of Ireland says it’s appalled by proposals from the Department of Education to cut teaching posts and increase classroom sizes.
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It’s understood the Department is planning to increase the pupil-teacher ratio in primary schools by one – to 28.
In secondary schools, the student-teacher radio would also be increased by one – to 20.
But these plans, which are expected to be announced in December’s budget, will also mean the loss of more than 1-thousand-100 teaching posts .
However, General Secretary of the TUI Peter McMenamin says the loss of teachers will also lead to a loss in subject choices for students:
