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TUI survey: Full jobs and more career opportunities needed to tackle teacher recruitment and retention crisis – just 31% received a full job on initial appointment

By piofficer 10 Apr 2023 | 0 comments
The findings of a new survey of over 1,300 Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) members highlight a range of issues related to the teacher recruitment and retention crisis and bureaucratic overload. A key finding shows that just 31% of respondents received a contract of full hours upon initial appointment.      The survey findings show significant involvement in extracurricular activities outside of school hours despite the increasing bureaucratic duties and administrative burdens in schools.     The Union is calling for full-time jobs upon initial appointment and more career opportunities for teachers.   

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‘Significant’ additional funding required for Technological Universities, and IADT/DKIT must not be left behind – TUI

By piofficer 07 Apr 2023 | 0 comments
The Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) has warned that significant additional funding is required if technological universities are to achieve their full potential. The Union has also made clear that the two remaining institutes of technology currently outside the five technological universities – IADT and DKIT – must be facilitated in joining one as a matter of urgency.

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Teacher and student representatives express serious concern at Minister’s plan for students to sit terminal Leaving Certificate examination papers at the end of fifth year  

By piofficer 19 Jan 2023 | 0 comments
Both the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) and the Irish Second-Level Students’ Union (ISSU) have expressed serious concerns about the Minister for Education’s stated intention that students would sit Paper One of the terminal Leaving Certificate examinations in both English and Irish at the end of fifth year. The measure would commence for students entering fifth year in September 2023.  

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TUI congratulates ‘resilient’ students on Junior Cycle results  

By piofficer 23 Nov 2022 | 0 comments
The Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) has congratulated students receiving their Junior Cycle results today, commending them for the resilience that they have displayed after the disruption to their studies due to the pandemic and the subsequent delay in receiving their results.    The Union has also warned that Senior Cycle reform must be educationally sound.  

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Contracts of full hours and restoration of promotional opportunities required to tackle second level recruitment and retention crisis – TUI   

By piofficer 26 Oct 2022 | 0 comments
The findings of a new survey of almost 100 second level schools make clear the continuing, severe teacher recruitment and retention crisis across the sector. The poll was carried out in September and October by the Principal and Deputy Principals’ Association of the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI).    

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Severe teacher recruitment and retention crisis facing second level schools - TUI calls on department to immediately pay the value of PME allowance after ‘unacceptable’ delay

By piofficer 23 Aug 2022 | 0 comments
The Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) has warned that a severe teacher recruitment and retention problem in schools is being exacerbated by the cost-of-living crisis. For a number of years, the Union has highlighted the acute negative effect that pay discrimination has had on both the attractiveness of and morale within the profession.  

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