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Wed 09 Sep 2008Education spend lags in OECD report
IRELAND IS close to the bottom of the international league table on education spending relative to the country's economic wealth, according to an authoritative OECD report published today.
The report - which highlights relative underinvestment in many key education areas in the Republic - will intensify the pressure on the Government to hold off on any fresh round of education cutbacks in the forthcoming Budget.
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