School starts to employ much easier programme (6)
I believe the answer is:
scheme
'programme' is the definition.
(I know that scheme is a type of programme)
'school starts to employ much easier' is the wordplay.
'school' becomes 'sch' (abbreviation).
'starts to' indicates taking the first letters.
The initial letters of 'employ much easier' is 'eme'.
'sch'+'eme'='SCHEME'
(Other definitions for scheme that I've seen before include "Plan (maybe best laid?)" , "Secret plan, plot" , "Conspire" , "Cunning plan" , "Wheel and deal" .)