Pupils will be hit in row over vacant posts [Independent.ie]
- Published: 27 May 2010
SECONDARY schools face "inevitable disruption" after the summer holidays as a row rages between government departments over filling vacant promotion posts.
School managers are annoyed over the failure to deliver a promised easing of the ban on filling middle management positions.
The promise was made by Education Minister Mary Coughlan at Easter but her officials are still locked in discussions with the Department of Finance over how much relief can be given.
The delay will lead to many schools opening in late August and early September without year heads, because there is not enough time left to recruit them.
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