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IRELAND faces a teacher recruitment and retention crisis because the Government took the "bone-headed" decision to ignore the advice of teacher unions about the mounting problems within the education sector.

Additional Education Needs: Views will help shape Code of Practice Mon, 10 May 2021 More than 500 people have contributed to a survey asking how the support given to children with Additional Education Needs (AEN) can be made more effective. Children with AEN can face extra barriers to education and learning making it more difficult to achieve their full potential. The survey asked parents, pupils and school staff to give their honest opinions on current support, how children transition betwe...

Education survey results a difficult read for minister Around half of respondents were parents or guardians The education minister says the findings of a survey into Additional Education Needs are not an easy read. A questionnaire asked parents, pupils and school staff to give their opinions on current support and suggest improvements. Sixty per cent of the 500 respondents said the existing support did not meet the learning and development needs of children. Dr Alex Allinson says ...