Teachers ‘falling behind on pay ladder’

A DECLINE in the relative value of teachers’ pay and conditions compared with other professions could lead to problems recruiting new teaching staff in future, the TUI has warned.

The union’s president, Paddy Healy, said a forthcoming OECD study would show that the status of Irish teachers had fallen from second to seventeenth place among teachers in 20 developed countries.

The OECD Report on Attracting, Developing and Retaining Effective Teachers will also highlight how the status index for teaching has dropped by almost 50% over the past decade.