Oral question on pupil teacher ratio in colleges of further education

Uimhir: 52

Ceist Pharlaiminte

Chun an Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíoctha
To the Minister for Education and Science

To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the impact the
changes in the pupil teacher ratio will have on colleges of further education;
and if he will make a statement on the matter.
-Thomas Pringle.

For ORAL answer on Wednesday, 17th April, 2013.
Reference Number: 17583/13

Freagra

Minister of State, Seán Sherlock

The number of approved places available under the PLC programme is 32,688. My
Department is not in a position to increase this number as there is a
continuing requirement to plan and control numbers and to manage expenditure
within the context of overall educational policy and provision.

The change of pupil teacher ratio for the Post Leaving Certificate (PLC)
programme will reduce the overall number of PLC teaching posts by 200 and may
lead to some reduction in subject choices for students but not approved places.

CEOs of VECs have until September to plan how best to deal with this change so
that they can continue to deliver programmes which meet the needs of students
and employers. My Department has received a number of impact statements from
VECs and these are currently being considered.

It is not possible to make any adjustment to this decision without a
compensating saving measure in the sector.

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