‘Not enough training in languages’

THE shortage of foreign language training is the biggest failing of the country’s primary school system, a major public opinion survey has found.

Almost three-out-of-five (57%) people believe that not enough emphasis is placed on teaching foreign languages to primary pupils. This made it the goal of the primary system which is least satisfactory in the view of the 1,511 people surveyed by the Education Research Centre at St Patrick’s College in Dublin.

They were most satisfied with the focus on literacy and numeracy in schools.