Irish spend ‘more time in class’

Irish children spend more time in class each year than those in most other European nations, a study shows.

Our primary education system is almost unique for the near-equal amount of time given to maths teaching as that dedicated to literacy.

The European Commission report compares data from its Eurydice network and the OECD, focusing on recommended annual teaching times in all 28 EU member states and six other counties.