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Tue 09 Sep 2008O'Keeffe defends figures which show crowded classes

MINISTER FOR Education Batt O'Keeffe has moved to defend the Government's record on class sizes, despite new figures showing that the Republic has the second most overcrowded classrooms in the EU.

However, John Carr of the Irish National Teachers' Organisation (INTO) said the Department of Education's own figures showed almost 100,000 children remained in classes of more than 30 pupils; just one child in 10 was in a class of fewer than 20.

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