INTO calls for pay parity for primary principals

OVERWORKED primary principals should be paid the same as their second-level colleagues, the Irish National Teachers Organisation (INTO) said last night.

INTO general secretary John Carr said, "Primary school principals are overburdened, overstretched and overworked. At the same time they are undervalued, underpaid and under-resourced."

The Public Service Benchmarking Body (PSBB) report of 2002 awarded higher principals' allowances for those in second-level schools with more than 23 teachers, compared to their primary counterparts.