Ireland in ‘education relegation zone’
We spent just more per student in 2007 than the average developed country at primary, and 13% above average at second level, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
But the organisation’s latest publication on worldwide education statistics shows the €12,631 the Government spent for every third-level student, when research spending is included, was below the average in around 30 other developed countries.
