Galway Bay fm newsroom – All one-teacher schools on Galway’s islands are to receive an additional teacher.
Gaeltacht Minister and Galway West/South Mayo TD Sean Kyne says one-teacher schools on the islands have been struggling in recent years.
The issue has been of particular concern on Inis Meáin which has been operating as a one-teacher school for a number of years.
Budget 2017 has outlined additional spending for the Department of Education – this includes funding to recruit an additional teacher for all one-teacher schools on off-shore islands.
Minister Kyne says an additional teacher will also be made available for one-teacher schools across the country in cases where there are six or more class streams in the school.