The Executive Director of the Institute of Education Studies (IFEST), Dr Peter Anti, has backed the government's decision to replace teacher trainee allowances with an enhanced loan scheme.
Speaking on JoyNews' AM Show, Dr Anti described the move as the right decision, emphasising that it should have been done long ago.
He recalled that a similar policy was introduced in 2015 and at the time, his institution fully supported it. "I think that is the right thing to do.
We supported the government in 2015 when they decided to scrap the allowance and replace it with the loan scheme.
