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TEACHERS ARE CALLING on government to launch a nationwide audit of PE facilities in schools.
It follows questions to the Minister for Education from Independent TD Denis Naughten on the state of these facilities and the level of resources available for teachers.
However, Minister Ruairi Quinn responded by stressing that there are currently no plans to carry out an audit.
“Due to current financial constraints, it is not possible at this time to approve applications from existing post primary schools for additional PE facilities as priority is given to essential mainstream classroom accommodation,” he added.
The Director of the National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals (NAPD) said he was “surprised” by the Minister’s response.
“Anecdotally the NAPD is aware of the difficulties faced by schools in meeting the recommended PE time allocation because some schools do not have adequate facilities or teaching resources to implement PE programs for students,” he explained..
With post primary pupil numbers expected to increase by 15% by 2020, it is difficult to see how this shortfall can be addressed. All the while our national obesity problem continues to grow.
He described an audit as the “first crucial step” towards tackling rising obesity levels among Irish school children.
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So Trump! Your new BFF is still playing you….as he has since the beginning. Nice photo opportunities though.
@Paul Furey: He’s not playing him. The fact is DPRK have nuclear weapons with long range now. This puts them automatically in a better bargaining position than they were before. It is a development that is completely independent of who happens to be president of another country. Trump has advisors for every step.
Is this submarine parked in the middle of a forest?
@Martin McFly: Very sneaky. Last place you’d look for it.
Meanwhile Iran‘s revolutionary guards reveal plan to annihilate Israel.
@Qfire: Its unfortunate that this has been largely ignored by the worlds press. You can be sure if Israeli leaders issued a statement promising to wipe an Islamic country off the map ( for the crime of Islamic nationalism) there’d be a media feeding frenzy.
@Clifford Brennan: Maybe it’s largely ignored because it’s not true? Israel wouldn’t be the first to make up a story to justify spending on their war machine.
@Jim Buckley Barrett: It was very decent of the Ayatollah & the commander from the IRGC to agree to appear in the Israeli propaganda video – not to mention the supporting cast of 1000′s of Iranians and all filmed at an Islamic religious venue too. Those Israelis have it sussed. Also: cop on.
North Korea is not going to be told not to have Nuclear Weapons by a leader whose country has had them for many many years, come in and blasted leaders and sent their soldiers to Hassan Hussein [having supplied him with weaponry] and when it did not suit them anymore… raped and pillaged Iraq. When are people going to think US are the good guys ? NKorea just flexing muscles.
That man is actually frightening. He’s like a little boy playing with his toys.
As you do before talks about nuclear arms enrichment.
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