ASTI General Secretary claims schools “are creaking at the seams”
Recruitment and retention problems means Irish schools are “creaking at the seams”. That’s according to ASTI General Secretary, and former Sligo secondary school teacher, Kieran Christie. The comments were made after new figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act found nearly 14 thousand people who weren’t registered with the…
Kieran Christie lays out ASTI stance on teachers assessing their students
The former Sligo secondary school teacher who’s now general secretary of the ASTI says students should be assessed externally for the Leaving Certificate exam. The ASTI was reacting to the Education Minister Norma Foley’s plans for reform which would see teachers assess their own pupils. They would have to mark…
Sligo teacher expresses concern over Leaving Cert
A Sligo Teacher’s union official has expressed his concern in relation to this year’s Leaving Cert examinations Students are being given the option between predictive grades or sitting the exams. Those who decide to sit an exam will get whichever result is higher. General Secretary of the ASTI, and Sligo…
Sligo union official ‘very concerned’ about plans for schools
A top teachers’ union official from Sligo says his members are ‘startled’ and ‘very concerned’ by the government’s plans for schools as it strives to deal with the Covid-19 surge. Teaching unions have criticised the government for not consulting them about plans to run classes for some students this month.…
With schools to remain closed, Sligo union official hopes lessons learned from last lockdown
A top teachers’ union official from Sligo says he hopes lessons have been learned from the last lockdown in how to deal with the situation now facing schools. Later today, government ministers will sign-off on closing schools and construction until the end of the month. But schools for children with…
ASTI’s Kieran Christie says schools concerned about Leaving Cert exams despite assurances
The written Leaving Cert exams will put ‘additional burdens’ on schools which are already stretched, according to a leading teacher’s union. 2,820 students plan to sit the exams next month, with concerns from the ASTI of what the Department of Education will do to facilitate them. The exams are taking…
North West TUI members on the picket line
Teachers throughout the north west who are members of the TUI union are on strike today in a row over pay. Affected schools throughout the region are closed. Speaking to Ocean FM’s John Lynch, local TUI spokesman Brendan Greene, a teacher in St Clare’s Comprehensive School in Manorhamilton, outlines the…