Remember what teachers do for children

World Teachers’ Day has just passed and to mark the occasion we, the leaders of all the teachers’ and lecturers’ unions in Ireland and Great Britain would like to pose three questions:

• If you had a child or a loved one in school, college or university wouldn’t you prefer them to be taught by qualified, well-motivated, well-resourced and appreciated teachers and lecturers?

• Would you prefer that the staff:student ratio afforded maximum personal attention to the needs of the learners?