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Teaching Qualifications.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 29 September 2004

Wednesday, 29 September 2004

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Jan O'Sullivan

Question:

418 Ms O’Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many young persons who have graduated from postgraduate programmes retraining them as primary teachers are unable to obtain jobs in the primary school sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21779/04]

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Significant numbers of additional teaching posts have been created at primary level in recent years.

The recruitment and appointment of teachers to fill vacancies in an individual primary school is a matter for the board of management of the school concerned. Boards of management must make every effort, including advertising in a national newspaper, to obtain the services of a qualified teacher for appointment to a temporary or permanent post. Unqualified teachers should only be employed in primary schools in exceptional circumstances.

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