Roger T. Garland
Ceist:69 Mr. Garland asked the Minister for Education if his attention has been drawn to the well known research into class size which indicates that stress in teachers increases and pupil learning decreases when class numbers are above twenty, while smaller numbers would increase benefits; and if, in view of the fact that the 1990 survey showed that a very high proportion of primary teachers would rather be doing some other job, he will consider making regulations which would introduce greater flexibility into the system so that the greatest benefit can be obtained from actual time spent in the classroom.