Schools should know about ban soon

SCHOOLS should soon be informed of a ban on appointing teachers to permanent jobs, a union leader said yesterday.

The ban, which normally applies to religious-owned voluntary secondary schools up to the start of May, has also been notified to the 300 second level schools in the vocational and community-comprehensive sectors this year.

Association of Secondary Teachers’ Ireland (ASTI) general secretary, John White, told delegates at the union’s annual convention in Sligo this was because of ongoing talks with the Department of Education about redeployment of teachers who are surplus to schools’ requirements.