Parents and students to be given wider role

PARENTS and students are to be given a louder voice in education issues under a new regime to be established by Education Minister Noel Dempsey.

Mr Dempsey made it clear to teachers at the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI) convention in Limerick that they must give greater consideration to the views of others involved in education.

The national consultative process which he announced to them is likely to be a wide-ranging exercise, seeking the views of all education partners on the issues which are of most concern to them.