Schools told job priority must go to qualified teachers
Responding to criticisms about the number of graduates who may be unable to get teaching jobs because of cuts in school staffing and other education resources, he said there should be no difficulties.
Almost 2,000 people have already finished primary teacher training degrees this year or will qualify in the autumn, and hundreds more have qualified to work in second-level schools. But with hundreds fewer teaching posts available this year, it has been suggested by teachers’ unions that most will be forced to join the dole queue.