(Extract) The Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) criticised the strategy for being “utilitarian and narrow” and expressed concern that “the needs of industry and commerce will over-power the second-chance education needs of individuals”. Assistant General Secretary Declan Glynn said the union was also “very gravely” concerned that future further education provision “will be allocated to private organisations established to provide profit for their owners, and for whom the holistic education needs of learners is a distant, lesser priority to ‘the bottom line’.” irishtimes/news/education/underperforming-courses-to-lose-funds-in-further-education-shake-up-1.1792503
Posted on: Tue, 13 May 2014 11:08:51 +0000
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