Drive to coax men into teaching has failed, says Labour

TOO few men are taking up primary school teaching as a career despite a €120,000 Government advertising blitz, Labour claimed last night.

Earlier this year, Education Minister Mary Hanafin launched a campaign to persuade male Leaving Certificate students to become primary school teachers.

But figures revealed by the Labour Party show only a modest rise in the number of males enrolling on primary school courses at Ireland’s teaching training colleges.