Over 1,700 students at Hibernia College, a private college for training primary and post-primary teachers are being forced to pay €650 for an online Gaeltacht experience.
The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) is calling on the Government to restore the €1 million grant for student teachers’ to attend 3 weeks of mandatory Gaeltacht courses.
Future primary school teachers have started an intense letter writing campaign, calling on local TD’s and the government to reform the compulsory Gaeltacht scheme which personally costs them over €1,500.
Is é lá deireanach Chraobh Shinsear Peile na hÉireann an an lá is mórthaibhseach agus an t-éacht is mó gur fédir a bhaint amach in aigne achan peileadóir sa tír. Ní haon eisceacht é sin sa Ghaeltacht.