Primary schools to gain from easing of jobs ban [Independent.ie]
- Published: 08 April 2010
THE relaxation of the ban on filling middle-management posts in schools will apply at primary and post-primary level.
Education Minister Mary Coughlan has formally announced a partial lifting of the moratorium, which has left about 1,000 promotional posts unfilled.
Primary teachers warned yesterday that the moratorium was having a very significant demoralising effect in schools.
Teachers are refusing to do the work of an unfilled promotional post, such as assistant principals, year head or exams co-ordinator, as part of their protest against education cuts. Only principal and deputy principal positions are currently being filled.
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