Efforts to end the row over Junior Cert reform resume today.

Talks between teachers' unions and the Department of Education in a bid to resolve the row over the Junior Cert have adjourned until Monday.

The Education Minister said the reform of the Junior Cycle has to happen, despite second level teacher objections.

The Teachers Union of Ireland General Secretary John MacGabhann has said it is time to seriously consider merging with the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland.

A new survey says just one in ten second level teachers believe schools are ready for the new Junior Cycle.

The Government is on a collision course with 16,000 secondary school teachers, after it told the Association of Secondary Teachers (ASTI) they are obliged to undertake unpaid substitution and supervision duties from next month.

The union representing third-level teachers has voted to accept the Haddington Road pay deal.

Teachers are being forced to mix classes from different years together, withdraw provision of vital Leaving Certificate subjects, and remove guidance counselling services because of chronic under-staffing.

The Education Minister Ruairi Quinn has been heckled and jeered at the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland annual meeting.

A number of delegates are threatening to walk-out during the Education Minister Ruairi Quinn's address to the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland annual meeting.

INTO general secretary Sheila Nunan has told Education Minister Ruairi Quinn that "taking the knife to education sells the next generation short" at the teaching union's annual conference in Cork.

Secondary school teachers are calling on the Education Minister Ruairi Quinn to rethink plans to radically reform the junior cycle.

Teachers unions are reacting angrily to Brendan Howlin's promise that the Government is determined to get rid of poor performers in the public sector, including bad teachers.

The Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland has said it would cost the State more if the €95m annual subsidy to fee-paying schools was withdrawn.

A secondary teachers' union has accused the Education Minister Ruairí Quinn of opening talks on a second Croke Park deal through the media.

Secondary teachers will ballot on walking away from the Croke Park Agreement if the Government attempts to cut allowances, the Association of Secondary Teachers was told.

Education Minister Ruairi Quinn has sent a good luck message to the 116,527 students from about 160 countries who have taken to exam halls for the Leaving and Junior Cert.

The future employment prospects of teachers will dominate the annual conference of the Association of Secondary Teachers (ASTI) today.

MAJOR reforms of teacher training and class time dedicated to literacy and maths are to be introduced by Education Minister Mary Coughlan.

The country’s main secondary teachers union be will issuing guidelines to schools next week on how to confront homophobic harassment and victimisation.

Delegates from the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland have unanimously agreed to recommend a rejection of the public service agreement in a ballot of its members.

John White, General Secretary of the Association of Secondary Teachers, has said there will be consequences for the pay cut imposed on the public sector by the Government.

PARENTS and pupils are in for a shock when schools re-open after the summer holidays and education cuts begin to bite.

The Association of Secondary Teachers (ASTI) says between 800 and 1,000 second-level teachers will lose their jobs as a result of the increase in the pupil-teacher ratio.

Education Minister Batt O'Keeffe has indicated that a decision on the re-introduction of third-level fees will not be made until after the local elections on June 5.

A conference in Dublin has heard that investment in education will help secure Ireland's economic future.

A range of groups representing teachers, parents and school managers are meeting in Dublin today to discuss their concerns about education cutbacks announced in the budget.

The President of the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland is today congratulating more than 50,000 students who are to receive their Junior Cert results today.

The new head of the Association of Secondary Teachers is vowing to fight against any cutbacks in spending on education.

The Association of Secondary Teachers is accusing the Government of failing to cater for thousands of pupils with special education needs.

The Government is coming under further fire today over Ireland's low level of spending on education.

The issue of bullying and student indiscipline is set to top the agenda at the annual conference of the Association of Secondary Teachers today.

THE 1960s was the first time this country enjoyed prosperity since the foundation of the State, but that decade was marred by a series of strikes.

Parents and teachers of a secondary school in Kinvara, Co Galway, are set to take legal action against the Minister for Education Mary Hanafin.

Secondary school class sizes in Ireland are no smaller now than they were 10 years ago, according to the Association of Secondary Teachers.

The Association of Secondary Teachers has launched a new campaign in an effort to get the Government to reduce secondary school class sizes.

The new president of the Association of Secondary Teachers has said securing additional government funding for secondary schools will be one of his main priorities in the coming year.

Teachers are criticising the State Examinations Commission over the difficulty of the higher-level maths paper handed out to Leaving Cert students yesterday.

The Association of Secondary Teachers has rejected fresh suggestions that the Leaving Cert may have been "dumbed down" in recent years.

Education Minister Mary Hanafin is reportedly planning to press ahead with the publication of controversial school inspection reports.

The controversial issue of school inspection reports is due to be discussed at the annual conference of the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ennis today.

The issue of falling interest in science subjects is at the top of the agenda at the annual conference of the Association of Secondary Teachers today.