Pupils in a Irish school are being asked to bring their own toilet paper to school to help offset funding cutbacks. The principal of St John's Girls National School in Carrigaline, County Cork, confirmed she had sent out a memo to parents last week requesting that their daughters occasionally bring a roll of toilet paper to give to the class teacher, who would dispense the rolls to students when needed. The bizarre request is part of the school's cost-containment programme so that dwindling state funding can be better spent on education, says principal Catherine O'Neill. She refused to divulge the school's annual budget but said that the Government's abolition of various grants was behind the request.
Pupils in a Irish school are being asked to bring their own toilet paper to school to help offset funding cutbacks.
The principal of St John's Girls National School in Carrigaline, County Cork, confirmed she had sent out a memo to parents last week requesting that their daughters occasionally bring a roll of toilet paper to give to the class teacher, who would dispense the rolls to students when needed.
The bizarre request is part of the school's cost-containment programme so that dwindling state funding can be better spent on education, says principal Catherine O'Neill.
She refused to divulge the school's annual budget but said that the Government's abolition of various grants was behind the request.
