Viewpoint: Now ILEA is the cross we have to bear

During the past seven years in tertiary education upheaval has followed upheavel. The concept of the binary system has been developed and polytechnics established; regional management centres have been designated; the teacher sector has been thoroughly mauled about; confusion has been caused by the country's failure to resolve which sector of the education system should deal with the 16–19 year olds; and in the field of training there is unnecessary duplication and con sequent under‐utilisation of resources because of a lack of liaison between the Department of Education & Science and the Department of Employment.