Report on Challenges Facing Island Schools

Wednesday 28 February 2018

ASTI news

The ASTI has welcomed the report from the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education and Skills on Off-shore Island Schools.

Recommendations in the report include:

The reinstatement of the island allowance for teachers in island schools as an incentive for accessing and retaining teaching staff;

Inadequate School Budgets - an annual increase of €20,000 per post-primary island school;

That DEIS status be awarded to the five post-primary island schools concerned.

Click here to view report.

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