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''They're in their formative years, every hour lost is an hour that cant be recouped''

“It is totally unacceptable to have unqualified teachers or SNAs filling the role of absent teach...

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17.07 28 Oct 2021


''They're in their formative years, every hour lost is an hour that cant be recouped''


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17.07 28 Oct 2021


“It is totally unacceptable to have unqualified teachers or SNAs filling the role of absent teachers in schools and in particular National Schools. As a nation we must support our educationalists and in particular our Principal teachers fully.”

That’s the view of Senator Gerard Craughwell, who joined Kieran on the Hard Shoulder along with Simon Lewis a principal of Carlow Educate Together National School, and presenter of the podcast “If I were Minister for Education”...

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