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asked the Minister for Education the provision she intends to make for the Presentation Convent School, Wexford, which has five specialist subjects with only one teacher for each such subject who on leaving will not be replaced, with the resultant loss of that subject to the students.
471.
asked the Minister for Education the provision she intends to make for the Presentation secondary school, County Wexford, where the proposed changing of the pupil/teacher ratio will result in a rise to the level of over 40 per class.
472.
asked the Minister for Education the provision she intends to make for the employment of a remedial teacher in Wexford CBS where the school is attempting to cope with a growing problem of children with reading and writing difficulties in classes of up to 40 pupils.
473.
asked the Minister for Education the provision she intends to make for the employment of an art teacher in the CBS secondary school, County Wexford, where the Department has already sanctioned an arts and crafts room which has been built in the new extension and where under the present pupil/teacher ratio the school would be entitled to employ two new teachers next year, whereas as a result of the proposed restrictions on teachers the school would not be entitled to any new art teacher.
474.
asked the Minister for Education if she will advise as to what should be done with the recently completed career guidance suite in CBS Wexford having regard to the introduction of the 20:1 pupil/teacher ratio and the inclusion of the career guidance teacher within the quota; and if this proposal will force that teacher to abandon guidance and counselling and eventually teach fulltime.
475.
asked the Minister for Education the provision she intends to make for CBS School in County Wexford in view of the fact that as junior cycle classes have already 40 pupils, some senior classes have between 30/40 pupils and the school should employ two extra teachers next year under the 19:1 pupil/teacher ratio to alleviate the problem of class-size and in view of the fact that the present proposed restrictions on teacher employment means that the new teachers cannot be employed.
476.
andMr. Browne asked the Minister for Education the provision she intends to make for the employment of a remedial teacher in Wexford CBS where the school is attempting to cope with a growing problem of children with reading and writing difficulties in classes of up to 40 pupils.
477.
andMr. Browne asked the Minister for Education the provision she intends to make for the employment of an art teacher in the CBS secondary school. County Wexford, where the Department has already sanctioned an arts and crafts room which has been built in the new extension and where under the present pupil/teacher ratio the school would be entitled to employ two new teachers next year, whereas as a result of the proposed restrictions on teachers the school would not be entitled to any new art teacher.
478.
andMr. Browne asked the Minister for Education if she will advise as to what should be done with the recently completed career guidance suite in CBS Wexford having regard to the introduction of the 20:1 pupil/teacher ratio and the inclusion of the career guidance teacher within the quota; and if this proposal will force that teacher to abandon guidance and counselling and eventually teach fulltime.
479.
andMr. Browne asked the Minister for Education the provision she intends to make for CBS school in County Wexford in view of the fact that as junior cycle classes have already 40 pupils, some senior classes have between 30/40 pupils and the school should employ two extra teachers next year under the 19:1 pupil/teacher ratio to alleviate the problem of class-size and in view of the fact that the present proposed restrictions on teacher employment means that the new teachers cannot be employed.
I propose to take Questions Nos. 470 to 479, inclusive, together.
The appointment of teachers to secondary schools recognised under the Rules for Secondary Schools are made by the authorities of the schools. The authorised quota of teachers to whom incremental salary may be paid is determined in accordance with the Rules for the Payment of Incremental Salary to Secondary Teachers, which are of general application.
I am not in a position to state what arrangements the authorities of individual schools will make in regard to the employment of teachers of particular subjects of the curriculum in the school-year 1983-84 or the total number of teachers whom they will employ. There is, however, no basis for any assumption that the general adjustments in the authorised quota of teachers in secondary schools to whom incremental salary may be paid which will take effect as from the commencement of the school-year 1983-84 will result in school authorities not being in a position to make suitable provision for guidance service.
The arrangements for the employment of remedial teachers in secondary schools remain unaltered. In the case of vocational schools, the Department of Education in making the annual allocation of teachers will stipulate the number of teachers being allocated within the total allocation to the vocational education committee in respect of guidance work, as well as the number of teachers in the case of other specialists areas, such as woodwork, metalwork and religion.
In the case of comprehensive and community schools, the Department will make the necessary provision for guidance work in accordance with the circumstances of the individual schools, with due regard to the conditions applicable in the case of secondary and vocational schools.
A revised circular letter dealing with the employment of guidance teachers in second level schools will be issued in due course.
