Pressure mounts for education cuts U-turn

THE Government faces increasing pressure to reverse education cutbacks which will mean larger class, sizes and children being sent home from schools that will have no substitute teacher cover from January.

The GAA has added its voice to concern about the withdrawal by Education Minister Batt O’Keeffe of substitution cover from second-level schools for teachers on school business, which would include staff travelling to matches with school teams.

It has sought a meeting with the minister, who returns from China at the weekend, to discuss the implications.