The Irish Vocational Education Association (IVEA) annual conference was told that the vocational system in Ireland in under threat because of cutbacks in clerical and administrative staff.
Report shows students in Vocational Education Committee (VEC) school.
Delegates at the IVEA conference in Ballina, County Mayo.
Interview with Seán Conway, President IVEA, on the problems caused by the cutbacks.
Young students using computers.
Interview with John Casserley, Principal, Moyne College, Ballina.
Delegates at the conference.
Interview with Seamus Puirséil, Chairman, Association of Vocational Colleges.
The reporter is Jim Fahy.