Schools' funding for special needs teachers cut in half

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Schools in Northern Ireland have had their funding to provide special needs coordinators cut in half from £22m to £11m

The special needs coordinator is a teacher who has overall responsibility for pupils with special educational needs in a school.

More than 66,000 pupils in Northern Ireland have some form of SEN - just under one in five of the school population. The way pupils with SEN are supported in Northern Ireland is changing and that could mean extra responsibility for special needs coordinators in schools.

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