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EDUCATION Minister Mary Hanafin wondered recently why more young men do not apply for primary teaching? She added that her department had spent two years (and God knows how much money) on a strategy committee to answer the question.

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BENCHMARKING is a joke. It requires teachers to accept abuse as - part of their job description and all public servants to accept pay increases below inflation.

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AS the benchmarking body will not justify its report that teachers' pay only requires a 13% adjustment, I believe that its methods are called into question.

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