Repeating the mistakes of the US and British education systems

Easter and once again it is time to have a go at the teaching profession. What’s new? In fairness, your editorial of April 7 admits that the education system in Ireland has suffered from cutbacks, increasing class size, etc.

Teacher unions must stand up and reclaim what they lost; that, after all, is what any union is supposed to do for its members. However, I fear for the education system in Ireland. Your readers should be made aware of a growing movement across the industrialised world: GERM (Global Education Reform Movement) is supported and funded by large corporations to influence school curriculums and supply workers for their industries.

This is a narrow curriculum and will produce technically skilled workers, but what about the students who don’t fit into this STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Maths) system?