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A HIGH COURT judge has ruled that two children with Down syndrome be given the maximum resource teaching hours so they can stay in mainstream schooling.
It comes following a dispute between two families and the Department of Education which Down syndrome Ireland (DSI) described as “landmark High Court challenge”.
The Department is already involved in a review of the current scheme with National Council for Special Education also recommending that there no longer be a distinction between learning support and resource teachers.
The High Court directed the department to provide over four hour hours a week of additional resource teaching to the children but the case is not expected to lead to a raft of similar rulings.
But DSI CEO Pat Clarke said this evening that he hopes the ruling will lead to more resource hours being allocated to children who need them, adding that what is currently in place is an “unfair system”.
“We hope that this is just the beginning of a wider process which will see all children with Down syndrome receive adequate resource teaching hours which, we believe, is their basic human right.”
“All children with Down syndrome have multiple disabilities, and need additional resources in order to participate in mainstream schools,” he added.
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Maybe don’t go squid fishing in a kayak in Australia? Just an idea
The waters off South Australia are known for great whites so they cant be hugely surprised that this happened.
The shark seems to have been confused into thinking that the kayak was the prey. The girl is very lucky to have survived this.
Leave the shark alone Why kill something that’s just doing what it evolved to do?? They are here a lot longer than us, And will be here long after too by the looks of it.
To the media all sharks are rogue. Ignorance.
@Fabio Dillon: Exactly. We go into a domain where they are the apex predator, and they do what comes naturally to them. Then we do what come naturally to us lay blame; and cast nom existent personas on them. It’s anthropomorphism at its worst.
@Matt F: Anto Pomorphism ! I knew his mother !
I think because of shark dives where they bait sharks to swim with and overfishing that the sharks are confused as they now think all vessels are there to feed them….plus they don’t care because they’re also starving….time to get out of the water.
I’d love to know what George hook has to say about this.
Fecking humans think we own the planet. Fcuk off and take up a land hobby if you don’t respect the ocean and its inhabitants.
@Nollaig Elliot:
well said ..
humans think we own the planet..
@Nollaig Elliot: we do own the planet
@Mr D: we do our best to kill the planet !
what else would you use if you had no arms to eat.?
@Andrew: Very true. That’s the thing about fish. If they are curious about anything they can only do one thing and that is put it in their mouth to find out what it is.
A rogue shark like there is no such thing
@Noel James Doherty: only rogue to the clowns that expect them to behave !!
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