The Cork Life Centre will be forced to close if it continues to lose experienced teaching staff due to pay.
Eight teachers left the Centre over the Summer as it waits for the Education Minister to honour her commitment to examine the payment of teachers at the Centre.
Cork Life Centre provides an ‘alternative learning environment’ to marginalised young people aged between 12 and 18.
The centre has long locked in talks for some time with the Department of Education over funding and the payment of teachers many of whom are paid part-time rates by the Department with no pension rights or access to an incremental pay rise.
Speaking to RedFM News, Director of the Centre Don O'Leary says the future for the Centre looks bleak unless there is a change to the pay and funding structure for the centre.
