Sir, – Your "Underperforming teachers to face censure" headline (Home News, January 3rd) belies the fact that various mechanisms for censuring teachers – including disciplinary procedures and Department of Education inspectors' reports – have existed for decades.
Insofar as these mechanisms may have been ineffective, that is not the fault of teachers.
Interestingly, I have seen no clamour for sanctioning school principals whose schools have underperformed by reference to the Irish Times "school league tables".
All of this smacks yet again of one law for the little people and no law for their “superiors”. – Yours, etc,
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JOHN COTTER,
Russell Court,
Ballykeeffe,
Limerick.