Row between teachers and department escalates as strike looms

The issue of supervision and substitution has become a new bone of contention between the ASTI and the Departmet of Education.

Fresh talks aimed at resolving the teachers dispute between the ASTI and the Department of Education will get underway this week.

The union, which represents 18,000 secondary school teachers, is set to hold seven days of strike action over the next three months, starting on Thursday, October 27 and which will see hundreds of schools close around the country.