AS almost 116,000 students begin the Junior and Leaving Certificate this week, teachers have called for core exams to be staggered to ease pressure on candidates.

Niall Murray, Education Correspondent

A TEACHER was allegedly threatened with a screwdriver by a pupil at a school which has drafted in security guards.

THE Teachers’ Union of Ireland is set to oppose any element of the next round of benchmarking that attempts to link pay rises to longer working hours.

The Teachers Union of Ireland has warned that 1,200 more secondary-school teachers will be needed in the coming years to deal with population growth.

THE Teachers' Union of Ireland (TUI) has warned that at least 1,200 new teachers need to be employed at second level within the next five years or classroom overcrowding will reach an emergency state.

TEACHERS at Kilkenny City Vocational School are to take strike action in protest over working conditions, locking out over 300 pupils for a day.

TWO teachers elected to their local Vocational Education Committees (VECs) have been told they cannot take their places because they hold managerial jobs.

Neans McSweeney

EDUCATION Minister Noel Dempsey has buried his differences with the Teachers Union of Ireland and will attend its annual congress.

THERE was uncertainty last night whether or not Education Minister Noel Dempsey will attend the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) annual congress in Galway next month.

The Teachers’ Union of Ireland has criticised Education Minister Noel Dempsey’s decision to introduce a schools' league table.

THE Teachers Union of Ireland last night said opposition party spokespersons might replace Education Minister Noel Dempsey at the union’s conference this Easter.

PARENTS will be able to choose the best schools for their children after Education Minister Noel Dempsey cleared the way for the publication of league tables.

EDUCATION Minister Noel Dempsey is acting like a dictator in his treatment of teacher unions, the Labour Party said yesterday.

EDUCATION Minister Noel Dempsey will not attend the annual conference of two of the three teachers’ unions next month, it emerged last night.

EDUCATION Minister Noel Dempsey has been criticised by teachers' unions for starting another consultation process on the education system instead of acting on past reviews.

EDUCATION Minister Noel Dempsey is trying to renege on the benchmarking payment to teachers, the Teachers Union of Ireland (TUI) said last night.

THE national pay deal looks set to be accepted after the biggest union in the country yesterday threw its weight behind the partnership agreement.

SECONDARY school teachers have overruled their union and voted to accept the Government’s supervision and substitution deal.

EDUCATION Minister Noel Dempsey is adopting risky divide and conquer tactics against the ASTI in an effort to finally end the four-year secondary teachers dispute.

EDUCATION Minister Noel Dempsey is adopting risky divide and conquer tactics against the ASTI in an effort to finally end the four year secondary teachers dispute.

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THE Association of Secondary Teachers of Ireland will hold further talks before making any response to the benchmarking offer of a 13% pay increase.

THE changes to two subjects taken by more than 25,000 Leaving Certificate students will be taught in over 300 schools next week, despite a ban by some teachers on learning the new course material.

BENCHMARKING and supervision rows are set to dominate meetings of the country’s three teachers’ unions this week, days before schools reopen.

Thousands of secondary school students appear to be destined for disruption, after talks between the teaching unions and the Minister for Education failed to reach agreement on supervision and substitution payments.