Mr. Pat Goff:

However, it should be more easily accessible. In a situation where, for example, I ring the Deputy and she either refuses to come or cannot come, in primary schools 60% of our principals are teaching principals so they do not have a choice; they have to teach a class anyway. They have limited secretarial support. The child would either have to continue in class or move to another class. That is in respect of primary school. On the decision as regards subjects on the reduced timetable, a lot will depend on the purpose of the reduced timetable. Sometimes, break time in the yard is the trigger for some pupils. We would be looking at that as part of their behaviour plan; if the trigger was taken out of the equation, maybe the afternoon would be different. Those would be the various issues we would be dealing with. It is a constant dilemma.