Pupils losing out on education due to teacher training, claims schools chief

STUDENTS are losing their entitlement to a full education as teacher training is being provided during school time, a managers’ leader claimed yesterday.

Principals and parents regularly complain that teachers are absent on a regular basis due to in-service training for new subject syllabi and professional development.

Sr Marie Céline Clegg, president of the Association of Community and Comprehensive Schools (ACCS), urged the Department of Education and teacher unions to replace the system of releasing teachers for in- service during school days.