Irish Examiner view: Leadership needed over teacher staffing

Schools all over the country are struggling with teacher retention and recruitment challenges

While some of the problems with retention and recruitment are particular to the teaching profession, it’s also clear that this crisis is also being driven by broader problems facing modern Ireland.

This is the time of year when the prospect of returning to school dominates households all over Ireland, with accompanying financial pressures in many cases.

The added complication this year, however, is the staffing crisis which faces many schools. Teacher retention and recruitment are serious challenges which schools all over the country are struggling with.