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Thu 02 Feb 2009Special needs teachers to be cut for over 530 pupils
MINISTER FOR Education Batt O’Keeffe is under growing pressure to rescind his controversial decision to cut special teacher support for over 530 children with mild general learning disabilities.
The surprise move, which has unleashed a storm of protest, will yield less than €7 million in annual savings for the department from a total budget of €9 billion, according to the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO).
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