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Presentation to Women’s Voices Seminar Sheila Nunan General Secretary 30 August 2012

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. 510,000 Primary Pupils 317,000 Post Primary 180,000 Higher Education

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Presentation to Women’s Voices Seminar Sheila Nunan General Secretary 30 August 2012

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  1. Presentation to Women’s Voices Seminar Sheila Nunan General Secretary 30 August 2012

  2. PROFILE OF SECTOR • UNION STRUCTURES • CROKE PARK AGREEMENT • FUTURE CHALLENGES

  3. Profile of Sector - Students 510,000 Primary Pupils 317,000 Post Primary 180,000 Higher Education To increase by 40k, 25k and 40k Over next 6 years

  4. 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

  5. Profile of Sector – Work Force % Female 93,500 Public Servants 32,000 (85%) Primary Teachers 33,000 (60%) Post Primary 18,000 (50%) Third Level (all Posts) 10,500 (95%) SNAs

  6. UNION STRUCTURES • 160 branches • 16 Districts • Annual Congress -800 delegates • Rules militate against rule changes! • Need for change…….somewhere else • Culture embedded

  7. Leadership Roles (Female) Principals Primary 63% CEC INTO 44% Branch Secretaries INTO 64% Branch Chairpersons 60%

  8. “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 income Female teachers earn 91% of male teachers average

  9. Profile of Sector - Education Settings Free Pre-School 3,165 Primary School 730 Post Primary 43 Third Level

  10. NUMBERS REDUCTION- • Impact on equality and inclusion • Sept 2011 Resource Teachers for Travellers abolished 500 • Visiting Teachers for Travellers abolished 40 • Guidance Counsellors abolished 700

  11. 2012 Allocation of Special Needs Hours -15% 2009-2012 EAL Reduction 500 Cap on SNA Numbers2009-2012 Cap on 3rd Level staffing

  12. Increased Pupil Numbers – less staff Additional hours 36 primary 33 post primary Additional hours 3rd Level Additional hours 72 SNAs Revised Contracts SNAs/All Levels Croke Park Agreement

  13. CHALLENGES • Increasing Student Population • Educational Disadvantage/inclusion • Career Progression • Internal Division/new entrants • Accountability Agenda • Rationalisation of State Agencies • Privatisation of Education

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