Budget increase for PLC colleges

LARGE Post Leaving Certificate (PLC) colleges are set to get increased funding and revised staffing levels, it has emerged.

Minister of State Síle de Valera outlined as part of the Department of Education’s 2007 spending estimates earlier this month that she had secured increases for the further education (FE) sector as part of an extra €19 million for adult and continuing education.

The FE sector is run by the country’s Vocational Education Committees (VECs) through 225 colleges.