asked the Minister for Education the number of secondary schools which have full-time career guidance teachers, and if it is intended to make careers guidance teachers compulsory in every secondary school.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Career Guidance.
21.
Secondary schools with an enrolment of 250 pupils or more are allowed one extra post over and above normal quota for a careers guidance teacher. During the 1977-78 school year, the latest for which statistics are available, 243 such schools had careers guidance teachers. Secondary schools are private institutions and the employment of teachers is a matter for the management of such schools. It is not intended to make careers guidance teachers, or any other specific category of teachers, compulsory in secondary schools.