The Irish Times: Half of secondary schools are struggling with unfilled teaching vacancies in key subjects such as Irish, maths and science, according to a new survey.
A Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) poll of principals and deputy principals in 120 of the State’s secondary schools over the past fortnight indicates that many are being hit by a “recruitment and retention crisis”.
TUI president Séamus Lahart said it was clear that graduates who might formerly have chosen teaching are now looking at other options. Read article