Schools may be allowed fill management posts by Easter

SCHOOLS could be allowed fill some management vacancies by Easter to reduce what they call the crippling effect of a Government promotion ban, according to Education Minister Batt O’Keeffe.

Second-level teacher unions stepped up industrial action on the issue last week, banning members from carrying out the duties of jobs left vacant by a middle management promotion ban in place since last April.

A survey published last month by second-level principals showed that some schools had lost almost all their posts of responsibility due mostly to retirements, whereas others had lost relatively few.