ASTI recommends Haddington Road rejection

Students and schools could be facing further disruption next year as leaders of a second-level teachers’ union have recommended the rejection of latest proposals on the Haddington Road Agreement.

The meeting on Saturday of the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland central executive council (CEC) discussed issues that arose from talks with the Department of Education.

For the past six weeks, industrial action has seen the union’s 16,000 members force parents to attend day- time meetings with teachers, refuse to take on duties of vacant middle-management posts, and refuse to attend training for changes to junior cycle teaching and assessment.