The Education Minister says she is grateful to schools for cutting costs after a predicted overspend in her department's budget.
Daphne Caine MHK was asked in Tynwald about overspending in her department this year and next.
She said her department needed to save £1 million.
Ms Caine added parts of the department and schools had to make cutbacks:
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