Ban on filling assistant principal posts is eased [Independent.ie]
- Published: 06 July 2010
SCHOOL managers have given a cautious welcome to the long-awaited easing of the ban on filling assistant principal posts in September.
But they warned that schools with less than 500 pupils will be unable to appoint a year head for each year group.
Spokesman Ferdia Kelly said the middle-management posts were vital in schools. He added that Education Minister Mary Coughlan's announcement was welcomed as a recognition that schools could not continue to function indefinitely with ever decreasing numbers of post holders.
The moratorium has meant about 700 assistant principal posts and hundreds of special duties posts have not been filled. New criteria will allow them to fill some of the vacant assistant principal posts.
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