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Presentation to Women’s Voices Seminar Sheila Nunan General Secretary 30 August 2012. PROFILE OF SECTOR UNION STRUCTURES CROKE PARK AGREEMENT FUTURE CHALLENGES. Profile of Sector - Students. 510,000Primary Pupils 317,000Post Primary 180,000Higher Education - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Presentation
to
Women’s Voices Seminar
Sheila Nunan General Secretary
30 August 2012
PROFILE OF SECTOR UNION STRUCTURES
CROKE PARK AGREEMENT
FUTURE CHALLENGES
510,000 Primary Pupils317,000 Post Primary 180,000 Higher Education
To increase by 40k, 25k and 40kOver next 6 years
Profile of Sector - Students
Mainstreaming equality
• Role of school and teachers• Modelling behaviour• Curriculum• Visibility• New ways of learning• Multi-cultural composition of schools• Pluralism and Patronge of schools
Profile of Sector – Work Force
% Female
93,500 Public Servants32,000(85%) Primary Teachers33,000 (60%) Post Primary18,000(50%) Third Level (all Posts)10,500(95%) SNAs
UNION STRUCTURES
• 160 branches• 16 Districts• Annual Congress -800 delegates• Rules militate against rule changes!• Need for change…….somewhere else• Culture embedded
Leadership Roles
(Female)Principals Primary 63%CEC INTO 44%Branch Secretaries INTO 64%Branch Chairpersons 60%
“Women and Men in Ireland 2011” (CSO Report)
Employment - 851,300 Women (46%)
970,000 Men (54%)Women while better educated only earn 73.1% of men’s incomeFemale teachers earn 91% of male teachers average
Profile of Sector - Education Settings
Free Pre-School 3,165 Primary School 730 Post Primary 43 Third Level
NUMBERS REDUCTION-
Impact on equality and inclusion
Sept 2011 Resource Teachers for
Travellers abolished 500
Visiting Teachers for
Travellers abolished 40
2012 Guidance Counsellors
abolished 700
2012 Allocation of SpecialNeeds Hours -15%
2009-2012 EAL Reduction 500Cap on SNA Numbers
2009-2012 Cap on 3rd Level staffing
Croke Park AgreementIncreased Pupil Numbers – less staff
Additional hours 36 primary 33 post primary
Additional hours 3rd LevelAdditional hours 72 SNAsRevised Contracts SNAs/All Levels
Increasing Student Population
Educational Disadvantage/inclusion
Career Progression Internal Division/new
entrants Accountability Agenda Rationalisation of State
Agencies Privatisation of Education
CHALLENGES