Exam students in limbo after ASTI ballot result

More than 30,000 Junior Certificate students remain in limbo over whether they will lose 10% of marks in English.

The Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI) insists it will not give members who teach English a derogation from industrial action to enable students to complete all parts of the revised Junior Certificate in the subject.

It plans to maintain a ban on co-operation with junior cycle reform after this week’s ballot result in which members narrowly rejected settlement proposals on this issue and their pay dispute.