Concern over plans to allow unqualified people teach

A STAGGERING 600 CVs were received by one Galway secondary school that didn’t even have a job on offer, it has been revealed, as plans by the Government to give unqualified teachers a legal right to teach in schools have been roundly criticised.

Fine Gael Seanad education spokeswoman Fidelma Healy Eames said unemployed teachers were in “dire straits”.

“The gravity of the situation is evidenced by the fact that 600 CVs were dropped in to a secondary school in Galway that didn’t even have a post on offer. In another case 13 qualified teachers applied for a 15 hour special needs’ assistant post.”