Parents forced to dig deep to complete school projects

SCHOOLS and parents are being forced to raise millions of euro to meet Government shortfalls for building projects, the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) has claimed.

The union said the devolved grant scheme, in which funding and management of projects is given directly to schools, provides nowhere near the cost of work done.

The scheme was piloted in 2003 with 20 schools but had a budget of €46 million for 191 projects last year.