Teachers to push for class-size maximum of 20

SECONDARY teachers are to seek extra staff to allow schools keep all class-sizes to a maximum of 20 students when they gather for their annual conference today.

The first motion to be debated by delegates at the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland is to establish a policy of this as a maximum class-size for all subjects.

A survey published by the union last year found most Junior Cert students are in classes of 25 or more in core subjects of English, Irish and history.