Pre-fabricated buildings 15/04/09

Statement by John Carr, INTO General Secretary, On Prefabricated Buildings

15th April 2009
 
Primary teachers demand an end to prefabs
 
Teachers at the INTO Congress in Letterkenny have called for an end to the use of pre-fabs for classrooms. Delegates at the conference adopted a motion deploring “the vast sums of money being wasted on the rental and purchase of prefabricated buildings.
 
The conference called for discussions to begin on more cost-effective ways of providing school buildings.
 
INTO General Secretary John Carr said prefabs are not acceptable classroom accommodation. “Prefabs are economically nonsensical and educationally indefensible and their use should be phased out completely.”
 
He said no child should be sentenced to eight years of primary education in a prefab.  
 
ENDS.