Calls for schools to be able to recruit on a full-time basis to address shortfall

TUI president Liz Farrell said: 'Schools are struggling with a very real, severe teacher recruitment and retention crisis, so the time for sticking plaster measures has long since passed.' Picture: Tommy Clancy

Schools should be allowed to recruit teachers on a full-time basis as they struggle with a “very real, severe” recruitment and retention crisis, according to the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI).

The post-primary teachers’ union has called on the Department of Education to allow schools to employ teachers on a permanent basis after the traditional cut-off point of the end of October.