Make teachers mark exams as part of contract, says Young FG

Second-level teachers should be obliged to correct and supervise exams — which cost the State €30m annually — with no extra remuneration, Young Fine Gael has said.

Some €16m was spent on correcting and the party meeting heard from delegates that teachers facing pay cuts in upcoming budgets could mark exam papers.

The motion calling for mandatory corrections by teachers was narrowly passed at the 120-delegate summer school, now named after the late Dr Garret FitzGerald, in Killarney at the weekend.