Call to spread cuts across all schools

The director of the Irish Primary Principals’ Network (IPPN) has told Education Minister Ruairi Quinn it would be fairer to spread education cuts across all schools instead of targeting those in disadvantaged and rural areas.

Sean Cottrell said it is hard to understand why schools in the Department of Education’s DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools) scheme and small schools were taking the brunt of cutbacks in the 2012 budget.

“Perhaps if the cuts were spread more evenly across the board, it might be seen as fairer and people might be more accepting of them.