Teachers consider new proposals on Junior Cert

Teacher unions held marathon meetings late into last night as they considered proposals for a revised Junior Certificate cycle.

The Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI) standing committee and Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) executive committee met jointly all day before splitting for separate discussions on proposals drawn up by Pauric Travers before teatime.

After two strikes by 27,000 members in December and January, the proposals from Dr Travers a fortnight ago offered further compromise, stating that the two pieces of coursework to be marked by students’ own teachers would not be State-certified.