Association Of Secondary Teachers
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ASTI to drop penalties against teachers who want to rejoin
- Education
- April 5, 2018, 18:31
The Association of Secondary Teachers of Ireland is to waive penalties against former members who left the union during its controversial campaign of (...)

Bruton accused of ‘blaming’ trade unions for two-tier pay gaps
- Education
- April 2, 2018, 01:01
Minister for Education Richard Bruton has been accused of “blaming” trade unions for not prioritising the restoration of pay for new entrant teachers (...)

Leaving Cert leads to ‘devastating’ stress among students
- Education
- March 6, 2018, 20:18
The way the Leaving Cert is structured is maximising stress on students and leading to crippling levels of anxiety, parents’ representatives have clai(...)

Cutting holidays to make up time unfair, say schools
- Education
- March 6, 2018, 01:00
School managers say any move to cut short Easter holidays in order to make up for lost tuition time due to adverse weather would be “unfair” on parent(...)

Poaching row raises tensions between teachers’ unions
- Education
- February 26, 2018, 01:00
Richard Terry began to worry for the future of his local branch of the Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland (ASTI), in Fermoy, Co Cork, last yea(...)

Teachers warn of ‘crisis point’ staff shortages
- Education
- February 20, 2018, 19:18
Children’s education is now suffering because of growing difficulties finding qualified teachers, school managers have warned. The Oireachtas educat(...)

Secondary schools consider dropping languages due to teacher shortages
- Education
- February 20, 2018, 01:00
Some secondary schools are considering dropping languages such as French, Spanish and German due to a “crisis” in the supply of teachers, according to(...)

Shortage of science and maths teachers threatens Stem strategy
- Education
- November 27, 2017, 01:00
An acute shortage of teachers in key subject areas such as maths and science threatens to undermine ambitious Government plans to boost uptake of Stem(...)

Secondary teachers’ unions in row over ‘poaching’ of members
- Education
- September 25, 2017, 01:11
An investigation is under way into claims by the Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland (ASTI) that the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) recruited(...)

Secondary teachers’ union recommends rejection of public pay deal
- Education
- September 9, 2017, 16:22
The union representing 18,000 secondary teachers is recommending its members reject the new public service pay deal. Members of the Association of Se(...)