Thomas Byrne
Question:287. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full year cost of implementing one point reductions in the average class size at post-primary level. [31267/19]
View answerThursday, 11 July 2019
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Teacher allocations to all second level schools are approved annually by my Department in accordance with established rules based on recognised pupil enrolment and are available on the Department's website. A pupil teacher ratio (ptr) of 19:1 is applied to all second-level schools in the Free-Education System. A ptr of 23:1 is applied to the 52 schools in the fee-charging sector.
Each 1 point adjustment to the pupil teacher ratio at post primary level is estimated to cost in the region of €63m per annum.