Internet teacher courses backed

THE training of teachers through internet courses will not reduce quality or professional standards, the head of a college offering such a programme said yesterday.

Hibernia College executive chairman Seán Rowland said more than half its higher diploma in primary education is taught in person and in classrooms.

The approval of the 18-month part-time course as a recognised teaching qualification by former Education Minister Noel Dempsey in August last year drew widespread criticism.