Norman Kunc’s attitude to disability turns the idea on its head, writes Sue Blaine

With regard to David Wylde’s article (Future of nation depends on an urgent rescue of schools, March 27), we should focus on our teacher training and recruitment plans, and I would like to add the following to Wylde’s plan.

THIS is an appeal to the government to introduce an urgent, focused, properly resourced “Marshall Plan” for education. Make education a national priority. Inject capital into it by rearranging other priorities and encouraging corporate social investment into schools.

THE sectoral education and training authorities (Setas) are to be moved from control of the Department of Labour to the Department of Higher Education and Training, education department spokesman Granville Whittle confirmed yesterday.

THE total cost of all senior university and university of technology management salaries could be capped at 6% of each institution’s total staff cost if the Department of Education’s policy framework for senior manager remuneration becomes law.