Job of principal ‘untenable due to never-ending workload’

The job of primary school principal is becoming increasingly untenable due to added responsibilities and a “never-ending workload”.

More than 800 delegates attending the INTO annual congress in Kilkenny unanimously passed a motion calling for the establishment of a working group to examine the responsibilities, rights, and workloads of principal teachers. It wants the group to report back on its findings within a year.

Speaking in support of the motion, Emma Dineen, the newly elected vice-president and principal of Cloghroe National School in Cork, said the job of school principal had become untenable.