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Special needs teaching hours cut confirmed

The National Council for Special Education is cutting the number of teaching hours for children with special needs.

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It says the number of teaching posts remains the same – but a 10 per cent increase in the number of children with special needs, means an adjustment of 25 per cent on 2011 levels was necessary.

This September, a child with special needs that would have previously received 1 hour of extra teaching support – will get just 45 minutes.

The Irish National Teachers Organisation has described the cuts as "savage".

 

 

 

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