Guidance and remedial teaching support
Higgins argued that insufficient guidance and remedial teaching contribute to worsening classroom discipline. The Minister said discipline depends on the linked influences of home and school; the Chair then moved to priority questions.
Will the Minister not agree that the low level of input in relation to guidance and remedial teaching and support services account to a considerable extent for the breakdown in discipline in class because the appointment of guidance and remedial teachers is done on a crude numerical, mathematical calculation?
Comment on this
No, discipline is a matter of home and school. It is an interplay between home and school. Home influence and school influence are closely interlinked in the whole matter of discipline and well-being of young people, as Deputy Higgins knows well.
