Indiscipline supports 'woefully inadequate'

THE Teachers' Union of Ireland has criticised the "woefully inadequate" support system for teachers trying to tackle the growing problem of disruptive students in class.

Delegates at the union's annual congress in Dublin are expected to overwhelmingly back a motion to be put forward by the TUI executive today calling for the establishment of a Commission on School Discipline by the Education Minister.

TUI assistant general secretary Declan Glynn said that such a measure was necessary to bring forward a range of workable strategies to address misbehaviour.