INTO calls for improvements to assault leave scheme for teachers

The 'Irish Examiner' recently highlighted the case of Sophie Cole, a special education teacher (SET) who suffered a classroom assault that left her with the world’s most painful, incurable condition. Picture: Dan Linehan

The primary school teachers’ union is seeking improvements to the leave scheme available for staff injured during the course of their classroom duties.

The Irish National Teachers Orgnisation (INTO) is currently working on improvements to the assault leave scheme through the Teachers’ Conciliation Council.