Call for more staff to teach immigrants

SCHOOLS should be given more staff to educate non-national children and combat racism amongst Irish pupils, teachers said yesterday.

The Irish National Teachers Organisation said its members can provide anecdotal evidence that many children are developing racist attitudes.

INTO general secretary John Carr said: “Children are not born with these attitudes but it is saddening to think how quickly they can be acquired. Many of these attitudes have been learned from adults and this provides an urgent reminder to us of our duty to educate against racism.”