Vol. 484 No. 4
126 Mr. U. Burke asked the Minister for Education and Science the total funds available to primary and second level education for in-service career developments for each of the years from 1996 to 1998; the number of teachers involved for each of these years; the subject areas in which in-service will be available in 1998 and funded in total by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22445/97]
Provision for in-service in the 1996 Estimates was £6.336 million and the outturn was £7.558 million. The provision in the 1997 Estimates was £6.634 million and the outturn is expected to be £8.634 million. The provision in the 1998 Estimates is £10.4 million, including £3 million for targeted information technology training.
Lists of rolls from in-service courses are not stored on a Departmental database and, therefore, data on the overall number of teachers involved in in-service courses are not available. However, I can confirm that approximately 194,000 participant training days were provided for teachers, management and parents in 1996.
The subject areas included in my Department's in-service plan for 1998 are as set out in the following table:
Information and Communications Technology
Relationships and Sexuality Education
Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme
Leaving Certificate Applied
Transition Year Programme
Civic Social and Political Education
Junior Cycle Elementary Programme
Leaving Certificate Business and Music
Primary and Post Primary: Substance Abuse Prevention Programmes
Adult Education
Post Leaving Certificate Courses (Run by NCVA)
Postprimary: Technology
Postprimary: Courses run by subject associations, and school based and local courses
Remedial Education (Primary-Postprimary)
Revised Primary Curriculum
Leaving Certificate English
Primary: Summer courses, including those run by the INTO
Primary school local courses
National Parents Councils (Primary-Postprimary)
Education Centres courses and running costs
A range of smaller programmes in important areas. These include:
— Special Education, Early Start and Breaking the Cycle
— Whole School Development initiatives
— VTOS, Youthreach and Travellers Education
Courses for school Principals and others involved in the management of schools, including Boards of Management
— Courses run by the INTO and the ASTI and TUI
— Guidance Counsellors and Teacher Counsellors
Apart from relatively small amounts of funding from other sources, in-service provided under the above headings will be funded by my Department with assistance from the European Union.
