Quality education ‘will bring us through crisis’

THE promotion of teacher quality through pay and training can help Ireland rebound, the chairman of the National Competitiveness Council said yesterday.

Don Thornhill, a former Department of Education secretary general and former chairman of the Higher Education Authority, said although reform is never easy, it is essential all educators maintain high levels of commitment.

“Our ability to take maximum advantage of the eventual upswing in the global economy will be enhanced if we can continue to raise the quality of education,” he said.