‘Giant steps’ needed on indiscipline

CLASSROOM indiscipline is now top of the teachers’ agenda, edging out pay, the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) conference heard yesterday.

Limerick city delegate Maura Carroll described teachers going through “hell on earth” because of students who spoke casually about bringing shotguns to school.

A TUI survey of 58 schools in February found that 97% of teachers experienced some form of student misbehaviour or disruption in the preceding week.