Schools fail to follow child protection guidelines [IrishTimes]
- Last Updated: Monday, 30 November 2009 10:17
A STUDY of more than 100 Dublin primary schools has found significant breaches in official child protection requirements for schools.
The study by academics at Trinity College Dublin and NUI Maynooth found that just 16 per cent of 103 newly qualified teachers surveyed had read official department child protection guidelines.While the religious background of the schools surveyed is not included in the research, official figures show the Catholic Church controls more than 92 per cent of primary schools in the State. The Department of Education has been issuing guidelines to schools on child protection since 1991. For the past 10 years, all schools have been obliged to have child protection policies in place.
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