SUPPORT services for schools, colleges and education centres working with low-skilled students could come under pressure as Vocational Education Committees (VECs) have been told to cut non-teaching staff by up to 10% by the end of 2012.

POORER students at schools not officially recognised as disadvantaged will be discriminated against by the budget’s education cutbacks, it has been claimed.

COMPUTERS and technology must be given to all schools to help improve teaching and management, a conference heard yesterday.

SCHOOLS might not be able to function if ongoing difficulties over a paid supervision scheme for teachers are not resolved, the vocational sector has warned.