If we can assume that the main reason why governments increase investment in education is to improve the end result, namely higher standards of knowledge and skills, then is it not also fair to conclude that if a government reduces its investment in education, then this will have the opposite effect.
Seán Cottrell
Irish Primary Principals' Network
Well yes, cant have too many knowledgeable people in the country, might challenge our government, or worse challenge the church, hence the brutality to the young children (students) by the gardai in Dublin recently.