Labour's county council candidate for the Westport Electoral Area Cllr Keith Martin says "one of most distressing cutbacks announced in the Budget this week is the Government decision to increase class sizes.
According to Cllr Martin "This is the latest instalment in class sizes when back in 2002 the Government made a commitment to reduce class sizes to 20, which was then raised to 24 in 2007 and now to 28 in 2008.
"It is unfair of the Government to make children, their parents and teachers suffer for the Government's mismanagement of the economy. If class sizes are increased, teachers will be stretched to the limit, pupils will be given less time with the teacher and the quality of their education will suffer. To even suggest it in this day and age is outrageous particularly after all the boom years. These cuts will cause damage to our education system and will jeopardise the future prospects of our children. The Government must reverse its decision to increase class sizes and look at making savings elsewhere."
"It is bad enough that we still have schools which are not fit for purpose but to cramp these overcrowded rooms and prefabs with more children while reducing the number of teachers is a Kamikaze attitude to education. Its bad enough that the Government are dragging their feet in providing new schools here in Westport without them forcing even more children with less teachers into the existing buildings. It can only lead to disaster!"
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