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Lack of training, no planning time, large classes key challenges to inclusive education
Lack of training, no allocated time for planning and large class sizes are the biggest challenges facing second-level teachers in supporting students with special education needs (SEN).
Inclusive education, quality curriculum reform and new teachers’ work conditions to dominate ASTI conference
Inclusive education, quality curriculum reform and new teachers’ work conditions to dominate ASTI conference
ASTI expresses support for history and geography as compulsory subjects at Junior Cycle
The ASTI has written to the Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh to add its voice in support of the movement to retain history and geography as compulsory subjects in the Junior Cycle curriculum.
ASTI moves to ballot on industrial action over unequal pay
At its meeting in Dublin today, the ASTI Central Executive Council (CEC) considered the continuation of discriminatory pay arrangements for teachers who entered the profession since 2010.
ASTI welcomes announcement on Junior Cycle history
The ASTI has welcomed the acknowledgement by the Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh of the importance of history in the second-level curriculum.
ASTI to ballot members on proposed new entrant salary measure
The ASTI today announced that it will ballot its members on the proposed Agreed Measure to Address Salary Scale Issued Under Section 4 of the Public Service Stability Agreement (PSSA).
Budget 2019 fails to resolve funding crisis in education
Budget 2019 fails to resolve the funding crisis in education, ASTI President Breda Lynch has stated.
Proposals do not resolve pay inequality
It is bitterly disappointing that seven years after the introduction of discriminatory pay scales in teaching, this unacceptable discrimination continues for thousands of teachers
ASTI President congratulates Junior Cert students ‘You have passed a significant milestone’
ASTI President Breda Lynch has sent a message of congratulations to all students receiving their Junior Certificate results today
Ireland languishes at bottom of global rankings for investment in education
The OECD report Education at a Glance 2018, published today, finds Ireland in joint last place out of 33 countries for investment in education as a percentage of GDP.
