In a written answer, the Education Minister Catriona Ruane has acknowledged to the Ulster Unionist Ken Robinson that males are under-represented in the teaching profession. Ms Ruane suggests various ways of addressing this, such as targeting all male schools and male groups in mixed schools for career presentations. Strangely, though, there's no suggestion of 50/50 recruitment, even though it was the prescription for another well known profession.
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How about all other professions where women are under-represented? The Policing Board for example, where the numbers of women have been recently reduced from 6 to 4! If we are to have 50/50 recruitment, let's have it across the board!
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also, how about how unionists are under represented in the teaching profession? why not have 50/50 representation here?
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