Teaching unions in the North today made an impassioned plea for politicians to broker a deal to end the confusion over the future of education.

Hopes for a resolution in a school strike in Co Down mounted tonight after employers made a renewed offer to union representatives.

Parents and pupils at a school closed for two weeks because of a strike by teachers called today for the North’s Education Minister to step in.

A pupil at the centre of a teachers’ strike which has forced the closure of a school is to face a criminal prosecution, it was disclosed today.

The union at the centre of a dispute forcing the closure of a Co Down school threatened legal action tonight.

Fresh proposals to end a teaching strike were not expected until Wednesday, teachers’ representatives claimed today.

A teachers‘ strike which has closed a secondary school for a week was today branded as “corporate abuse” of children’s rights.

Talks to end a school strike triggered after a pupil allegedly assaulted a teacher adjourned today without settlement.

An end to a teaching strike which has left hundreds of Northern Ireland school pupils out of class may be in sight, the Stormont education committee claimed today.

The decision to suspend striking teachers’ pay in Northern Ireland will be reviewed if they agree to seek mediation, the education minister said today.

Teachers expected to join industrial action at a secondary school in the North called today for independent mediators to become involved.

Hundreds of pupils at a secondary school in Northern Ireland were sent home today after teachers went on strike as a dispute over a pupil who assaulted a teacher deepened.

Teachers at a secondary school in the North were on strike today as a dispute over a pupil who assaulted a teacher deepened.

The bill for compensation paid out by schools in the North has hit a five-year high.

A BRITISH teaching union yesterday called for the Northern and Irish governments to start regulating mobile and internet providers — to stop teachers being bullied.

THE Irish Congress of Trade Unions has backed ‘refusal-to-teach’ ballots against schools which do not taken adequate action to tackle violent pupils.

A BRITISH teaching union yesterday called for the Northern and Irish governments to start regulating mobile and internet providers — to stop teachers being bullied.

More than 60 students have been caught cheating and flouting rules during exams in the North, it was revealed today.

Teachers in the North are being put under growing pressure by violent and disruptive pupils who threaten legal action, it was claimed today.

A teachers' strike at a Northern Ireland school is piling new torment on the girl at the centre of a bitter assault row, a children’s watchdog warned tonight.

Thousands of teachers across Northern Ireland launched a campaign of industrial action today as the new term began.

Terrorists tried to blow up a Catholic recruit to the new Police Service of Northern Ireland, it was revealed tonight.

Juveniles facing manslaughter charges are posing major safety risks by being allowed back into the classroom, it was claimed today.

Northern Ireland Education Minister Martin McGuinness was today under fire for failing to provide clear advice to schools on whether they should close for union protests over loyalist threats against workers.