Teachers' Conference: Croke Park deal is the ‘greatest waste of time ever’

The Croke Park agreement, under which teachers work 33 hours per year in non-classroom contact, has been described as the “greatest waste of time ever”.

ASTI delegates unanimously passed a motion yesterday demanding that Croke Park hours be rescinded, in light of the recent economic recovery.

Siobhan O’Donovan, of the Desmond branch which proposed the motion, said the extra hours were counter-productive and that some teachers had pulled back on extra-curricular activities in schools as a result.