Teacher training to go ahead despite union ban

Training of teachers and principals is going ahead in the coming weeks despite a union ban on most of them taking part.

The new curriculum is almost finalised for English, the first subject to be introduced for the new- look junior cycle, but the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland’s (ASTI’s) industrial action includes a directive that its 16,000 members should not co- operate with any training programme.

Details of the training will arrive in a letter from the Department of Education’s Junior Cycle for Teachers support service in 730 second-level schools and over 100 other centres from today.