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Dáil Éireann - Volume 280 - 30 April, 1975 Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Remedial Teachers' Courses. Mr. Power Mr. Power 7. Mr. Power asked the Minister for Education if he will arrange that the in-service courses for remedial second level teachers will be continued during the coming year. Mr. R. Burke Mr. R. Burke Mr. R. Burke: I will do my best to arrange accordingly but as I have already indicated the total provision for in-service courses is very much reduced in the present financial year. Mr. Wilson Mr. Wilson 782 [782] Mr. Wilson: Do I take it that the amount now available is about £12,000? Mr. R. Burke Mr. R. Burke Mr. R. Burke: Yes. Mr. Wilson Mr. Wilson Mr. Wilson: Does the Minister seriously think that any kind of course can be run on that kind of money? Mr. R. Burke Mr. R. Burke Mr. R. Burke: Obviously, some courses can be run on the money. Mr. Wilson Mr. Wilson Mr. Wilson: What is the Minister's estimate of the number of people who can be dealt with for that sum? Mr. R. Burke Mr. R. Burke Mr. R. Burke: That would be a specific about which I would need to be advised particularly. For obvious reasons it will not be on the same scale as previous years. Mr. Haughey Mr. Haughey Mr. Haughey: Could the Minister give us an indication of his estimate of the number of teachers who should be put through “in-service” courses? Mr. R. Burke Mr. R. Burke Mr. R. Burke: Of a particular nature? Mr. Haughey Mr. Haughey Mr. Haughey: What would the Minister regard as the ideal number to put through such a course every year so that ultimately we would get somewhere with this problem? Would the Minister relate that to the number of courses being provided this year? In other words, could the Minister give us some indication of what progress is being made with the problem? Mr. R. Burke Mr. R. Burke Mr. R. Burke: Up to the present, that is over a number of years past, 160 teachers have taken this course and the number at present completing the training is 73, making a total of 233 out of approximately 9,000 to 10,000 teachers. That is the rate of progress we are making at present. Obviously, it is desirable to speed this up but, unfortunately, we cannot do it this year. Mr. Wilson Mr. Wilson 783 Mr. Wilson: Would the Minister agree with the statistic of roughly 25 per cent intake to post-primary schools as being the percentage needing remedial work? If so, would the Minister not agree that one-quarter of the [783] teaching force at least should have this type of training? Mr. R. Burke Mr. R. Burke Mr. R. Burke: I would so agree. I would even say it was as high as one-third in some cases. Nobody need doubt my position in this matter. Dáil Éireann 280 Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. Remedial Teachers' Courses. Questions 19750430
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