Testing times for teachers as fears loom of Christmas strikes

The education reform debate is entering its fourth year and still does not seem clear cut, writes Education Correspondent Niall Murray

TEACHER union leaders meet this morning to consider if they should initiate strikes and close second-level schools before Christmas.

The Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (Asti) and Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) are intent on standing firm in opposition to any marking by their members of students at their own schools, for what would now remain a State-certified award at the end of third-year.