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"Classroom assistants support pupils with their learning needs, personal needs, medical needs & physical needs. Without them we simply could not operate." A Coalisland school principal says Stormont Ministers need to recognise their value - and to do that by increasing their pay

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BBC The View2 years ago

More on #SundayPolitics with @MarkCarruthers7 this weekend

Alison Lindsay2 years ago

Totally agree with this. As a principal I think their pay is a disgrace and we also as a school could not operate without the contribution they bring to the school and the relationships they build with the pupils in their care.

David Dunlop2 years ago

Well said ! It’s an outrage that they are often being paid less than student / weekend jobs … and time to sort out the nonsense of not being paid over the summer !

Jackie Bartley2 years ago

Our greatest untapped resource! Funding and career development needed for these most valuable colleagues!

Craig Gilmore2 years ago

Totallly agree. The job of a classroom assistant has been undervalued and under appreciated for so long.

Peter2 years ago

Any supermarket or garage is now paying a higher rate of pay than classroom assistants get for being college trained, maintaining CPD and in many cases being qualified in a phonics programme. Increasing numbers of SEN pupils along with a shortage of CAs. The perfect storm.

Caireann Lorcán2 years ago

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