The second-level teacher unions the ASTI and the TUI are to ballot their members on the new Junior Cycle proposals.
At separate meetings today, the ASTI and TUI executives decided that the new proposals form the basis of a ballot of ASTI and TUI members.
Speaking today ASTI President Philip Irwin and TUI President Gerry Quinn welcomed the new proposals but said that a number of outstanding issues have to be settled before second-level teachers can be balloted.
TUI and ASTI will now begin further negotiations with the Department of Education and Skills on the key issues of time and resources. The Executive Committees will then meet at an appropriate time to decide on issuing a recommendation on the proposals.
The new proposals, entitled ‘Junior Cycle Reform: Joint Statement on Principles and Implementation’, were concluded earlier this week, following a series of engagements between the Department and the leadership of the second-level teaching unions.
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