Ireland: Language teaching cuts criticized

[Harold Schiffman]

 Forwarded From:  edling at lists.sis.utsa.edu


RTE News



Language teaching cuts criticized



Minister for Education Batt O'Keeffe has rejected the implication that
there will be political interference in the appointment of additional
language support teachers in primary schools.



The Minister was commenting after figures compiled by school
principals in one Dublin suburb showed potential dramatic losses in
language teacher numbers.



Full story:

http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0226/education.html





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 Harold F. Schiffman

Professor Emeritus of
 Dravidian Linguistics and Culture
Dept. of South Asia Studies
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305

Phone:  (215) 898-7475
Fax:  (215) 573-2138

Email:  haroldfs at gmail.com
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/

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