More than one in four student teachers consider dropping out due to financial pressures. The report outlined the average cost of placement for student teachers per week totalled €160 a week for just travel, resources and materials, food, and the Gaeltacht fee payment. Student teachers pictured holding the report outside Leinster House, Kildare Street Picture Conor McCabe Photography. It’s time our Government valued student teachers, otherwise we’re faced with a drought of talent with the shortage of teachers reaching crisis point. [/quote]Graham Geraghty from Galway is a student teacher at St Angela's College in Sligo he says the unions must bring this to Cabinet.

Source: Evening echo March 29, 2018 09:56 UTC