SUBSTANDARD SCHOOLS

Sir, - Of the 36 proposals for education by the six political parties (Irish Times, May 19th) not one mentions the two great education improvements the British government names as its priorities:

. "We will introduce measures to remove substandard teachers from schools in Britain."

. "If necessary we will close down substandard schools and open them, up under new management.

Are there no substandard teachers in Ireland and are all our schools of the same high standard? The chief inspector of schools in Britain said recently: "The education of our children is far too important to be ruined by bad teachers." Does the same principle not apply to Irish children? - Yours, etc.,

Glasnevin,

Dublin 11.