Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 2 May 2013

Thursday, 2 May 2013

Questions (84)

Eoghan Murphy

Question:

84. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he if will be maintaining the current student - teacher ratio of 17:1 in the further education sector in the budget for 2014. [20902/13]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of Education and Skills

The current pupil teacher ratio (PTR) for the Post Leaving Certificate (PLC) programme is due to change from 17:1 to 19:1 with effect from 1 September 2013 for the 2013/2014 academic year in accordance with the decision taken by the Government last year as part of the budgetary process.