Department lifts teacher posts ban

THE Department of Education has lifted a ban on second-level schools filling teaching vacancies after finalising a deal on moving teachers in four schools due to close next month.

The move will bring relief to hundreds of non-permanent teachers in the country’s 740 second-level schools who were awaiting the outcome of discussions between the department, teacher unions and school management bodies.

While religious-run schools are usually not allowed to advertise for permanent jobs until this time each year, the ban on appointments for next September was also notified to the 340 schools in the vocational and community/comprehensive sectors earlier this year.