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Wed 04 Apr 2009Minister backs apprentice plan
MINISTER FOR Education Batt O’Keeffe has backed a new plan that could see holders of the higher diploma in education employed as “apprentices” for up to two years. The graduates would earn a reduced rate of €20,000 per year, while also studying for a masters degree.
The plan has been proposed by Prof Tom Collins, head of education at NUI Maynooth in response to the jobs crisis facing student teachers. The teachers’ unions estimate that 2,000 student teachers due to graduate this summer will struggle to find employment.
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