School indiscipline worries teachers more than pay issues, says union

TACKLING unruly behaviour and indiscipline at school is now more important to teachers than pay issues, the Teachers Union of Ireland (TUI) said yesterday.

“It is almost certainly the single most important issue besetting our members,” said TUI assistant general secretary, Declan Glynn.

“Pay has taken a second place to the difficulty of dealing with insidious, low-level indiscipline,” he said.