Almost 4,000 Kildare Children Being Taught In Overcrowded Classrooms.

Thursday, 12 August 2021 07:15

The data has been released by the Dept. of Education.

At least 3,870 children in Co. Kildare are being taught in overcrowded classrooms.

These are classes of 30, or more, pupils.

The Minister for Education responding to a parliamentary question by Sinn Féin TD, Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire, says there were 129 such classes in schools throughout the county in the 2020/2021 academic year.

Only 4 other local authority areas, in Cork City, Meath, South Dublin and Dublin City, have higher numbers of over-crowded classes.

Joe McKeown is President of the Irish National Teachers' Organisation.

He joined Ciara Noble on Thursday's edition of Kildare Today.

Local Authority	Number of Classes >= 30
Carlow County Council	37
Cavan County Council	35
Clare County Council	74
Cork City Council	41
Cork County Council	253
Donegal County Council	85
Dublin City Council	148
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown	113
Fingal County Council	125
Galway City Council	24
Galway County Council	118
Kerry County Council	79
Kildare County Council	129
Kilkenny County Council	56
Laois County Council	32
Leitrim County Council	18
Limerick City & County Council	124
Longford County Council	20
Louth County Council	89
Mayo County Council	69
Meath County Council	157
Monaghan County Council	44
Offaly County Council	46
Roscommon County Council	26
Sligo County Council	38
South Dublin County Council	169
Tipperary County Council	74
Waterford City & County Council	60
Westmeath County Council	65
Wexford County Council	74
Wicklow County Council	83
Grand Total	2505

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