Government's target for education is way off course

ALL schools were promised modernisation in the Programme for Government but hundreds are still awaiting the go-ahead for upgrades a year later.

The Programme for Government also promised to develop third level campuses and support advance research in these institutions.

But instead capital spending in third level education has been cut by a third and major publicly-funded research under the Programme for Research in Third Level Institutions (PRTLI) has been put on hold.