Minister Foley's statistic leaves teachers confused

Áine Corrigan was one of many teachers confused by Education Minister Norma Foley’s statistic on class sizes at the INTO teacher conference on Monday. Picture: Moya Nolan

Áine Corrigan was one of many teachers confused by Education Minister Norma Foley’s statistic on class sizes at the INTO teacher conference on Monday.

The principal at Star the Sea Primary School in Passage West, Cork, said she and her colleagues were in disbelief at Ms Foley‘s announcement that the Irish system now compares “very favourably to the OECD average of 15:1".