Letters to the Editor: Department must respect decisions from ASTI

Teachers are being asked to take on significantly increased workload without adequate training, time, or infrastructure

'I appeal to education minister Helen McEntee to act with leadership and wisdom and pause the timeline, re-engage with teachers, and deliver a reform process that will truly serve students, teachers, and the wider system'. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA

As a post-primary teacher, I am writing to express my concern regarding the accelerated timeline of the senior cycle redevelopment programme.

I strongly urge education minister Helen McEntee to pause this acceleration and not to penalise ASTI members who have voted overwhelmingly (68% to 32%, 73% turnout) to reject the senior cycle redevelopment implementation support measures. In a separate ballot, ASTI members also voted 67% to 33% in favour of industrial action if necessary. This is a powerful signal of the profession’s genuine and widespread concern.