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Sat 09 Sep 2008Principals paying for vital school supplies
MINISTER FOR Education Batt O’Keeffe has admitted that start-up grants for new primary schools are inadequate, after it emerged that school principals are taking on personal debt to buy vital equipment.
Some 22 new primary schools opened this week and several are close to bankruptcy, RTÉ news reported yesterday, because of the failure of the Government to provide sufficient funding for school supplies.
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