Dick Spring
Ceist:83 Mr. Spring asked the Minister for Education if she has any plans to improve the pupil-teacher ratio in special national schools in 1990; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Written Answers. - Pupil-Teacher Ratio.
The ratios in special national schools are significantly better than those which obtain in ordinary national schools and are attached. Special national schools also have the services of additional medical and care staff provided by the health boards.
Pupil-Teacher Ratios in Special Schools
|
Category |
Ratio |
|
(a) Visually Impaired |
1:10 (Approximately) |
|
(b) Hearing Impaired |
1:8 or 1:6 (Profoundly Deaf) |
|
(c) Moderately Mentally Handicapped |
1:12 |
|
(d) Mildly Mentally Handicapped |
1:16 |
|
(e) Emotionally Disturbed |
1:12 or 1:8 (Severely Disturbed) |
|
(f) Special Schools for maladjusted children (e.g. Lusk, Finglas) |
1:12 (more or less as for emotionally disturbed) |
|
(g) Travelling Children |
1:25 (Approximately) |
|
(h) Physically Handicapped |
1:15 This varies for the different types of handicap and for different conditions in various hospitals and schools. |
|
(i) Specific Reading Difficulties |
1:12 |