Amount of funding for schools known soon

THE funding available for upgrading the country’s schools over the next five years should be known within two months, giving a clear timescale for the improvement of dilapidated classrooms.

The announcement of a Schools Modernisation Fund should give a clear picture of the progress that can be achieved in eliminating substandard buildings.

It would, ideally, bring an end to the frustration of schools being stuck at design or planning stage for a number of years.