Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 28 May 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills
Climate Action and Sustainable Development Education: Discussion.
Mr. Shari Irfan:
I cannot answer as to where we will get the teachers, but I do know there is a crisis at the moment within schools. One of the conversations that I have had related to how we are going to get these teachers in. It will end up being someone internally from the school. Currently, there is no course by means of which student teachers are being prepared to teach this particular subject. That means that a principal will usually look internally, pick someone and get them to teach the subject. The teacher obviously needs to have training in the subject to be able to teach it effectively, especially since it is being graded at a senior cycle level. That is going to be a particular concern because there is an issue within schools, particularly secondary schools, where people who are not trained to teach that subject are teaching it.
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