All full-time third-level students are to receive a €250 payment in the coming year to help compensate for the move towards greater online learning.including the hiring of up to 600 additional teachers which will being the pupil-teacher ratio at primary level to a record low, according to well-placed sources.
It is also likely that a wide-ranging review of the Susi grants scheme will be announced which will examine if adequate supports are available for part-time students and others. Separately, Minister for Education Norma Foley is set to announce that an additional 600 teachers will be hired next year. Overall, the education budget across primary, secondary and third-level is set to climb above €11 billion, the highest ever on record.
The college fees should be returned to pay for that, not taxpayers.
So only full time 3rd level students. Not all 3rd level students who’ve also moved online.