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Broad welcome for Minister’s review of pupil teacher ratio in island schools
Galway Bay fm newsroom – The Minister for Education’s vow to review his policy in relation to pupil-teacher ratios in island schools is being viewed as a positive step.
Under current rules, these schools need to reach an enrolement of 20 students in order to qualify for a second teacher.
In response to a question from Galway West TD Eamon Ó’Cúiv, Minister Ruairi Quinn says he will review the numbers in relation to the affected schools.
However, the minister says that a seperate policy change could see the number of one-teacher schools on the mainland increase ten-fold.
Deputy Ó’Cúiv is welcoming the minister’s decision to review ratios in island schools.