Teacher centres in €2m revamp face closure

TWO teacher training centres which cost €2 million to refurbish in the past three years should be closed, a report has recommended.

The country’s 21 full-time centres provide in-service training, library facilities and other supports for the country’s 50,000 primary and second level teachers. They have undergone major expansion in recent years, with Government investment of €27.5 million since 1996.

A review of the network recommends that three of them be closed and suggests the work of six of the nine part-time centres be incorporated within full-time ones.