{"id":331,"date":"2011-12-10T17:21:23","date_gmt":"2011-12-10T17:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/crowe-condemns-decision-to-cut-school-guidance-counsellors\/"},"modified":"2011-12-10T17:21:23","modified_gmt":"2011-12-10T17:21:23","slug":"crowe-condemns-decision-to-cut-school-guidance-counsellors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/crowe-condemns-decision-to-cut-school-guidance-counsellors\/","title":{"rendered":"Crowe condemns decision to cut school guidance counsellors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span class=\"il\">Crowe<\/span> condemns decision to cut school guidance counsellors<br \/><\/span><\/strong> <br \/>Sinn F\u00e9in\u2019s Education Spokesperson Deputy Se\u00e1n <span class=\"il\">Crowe<\/span> believes that the Government\u2019s plans to cut guidance counselling in  this week\u2019s budget will have far reaching consequences for young people  who need support at school.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy <span class=\"il\">Crowe<\/span> described as \u201cappalling\u201d the  decision by Minister Ruair\u00ed Quinn to reduce the number of counsellors  which he believes may also breach the 1998 Education Act.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy <span class=\"il\">Crowe<\/span> said, \u201cLast week\u2019s announcement by Minister Quinn will mean many  students who require emotional and psychological support will have  nowhere to turn in a time of crisis. The loss of these essential posts  comes against a backdrop in the alarming rise in the rate of suicides,  self-harm and depression amongst young people. Added to this is the  challenges faced by teachers who are in the frontline in dealing with  bullying in the classroom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Minister\u2019s decision may also breach Section 9c of the 1998  Education Act which clearly states that one of a school\u2019s functions is  to \u2018ensure that students have access to appropriate guidance to assist  them in their educational and career choices.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow more than ever we need guidance counselling services in our  schools. The moratorium on assistant principal and special duty posts in  schools means that there are less year heads and pastoral roles in our  schools. The offices of guidance counsellors in our schools have become  very busy with students needing support on a personal, educational and  career level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis appalling decision by Minister Ruair\u00ed Quinn makes a mockery  of Labour\u2019s past commitment to ensure young people attending school have  the proper supports available to ensure they can reach their  educational potential. He has either been badly advised on the  implications of this latest cut or has no understanding of how our  schools operate and it is an issue he must re-exam.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crowe condemns decision to cut school guidance counsellors Sinn F\u00e9in\u2019s Education Spokesperson Deputy Se\u00e1n Crowe believes that the Government\u2019s plans to cut guidance counselling in this week\u2019s budget will have far reaching consequences for young people who need support at school. Deputy Crowe described as \u201cappalling\u201d the decision by Minister Ruair\u00ed Quinn to reduce the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}