‘Thousands’ worry about future employment

A GROWING number of teachers fear being unemployed within months, are struggling to pay off big mortgages and face the possibility of nursing homes in old age because of Government cutbacks.

Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI) general secretary Pat King’s address to 500 delegates at the group’s annual convention has warned of a tidal wave of financial crises for those tasked with educating Ireland’s next generation.

Speaking on the second day of the three-day meeting, he said “thousands” of members are potentially facing unemployment, deepening debt and miserly pensions.