Axe falls on permanent teaching positions [Independent.ie]
- Published: 27 November 2010
The axe has fallen on the filling of teaching posts from next week, while 17,000 school staff, such as secretaries and caretakers, are facing a 5pc pay cut in January.
The Department of Education has imposed the double whammy as part of the four-year national economic recovery plan.
The department has introduced a freeze on permanent teaching appointments in primary schools from next Wednesday, December 1, when posts can be filled only on a temporary basis.
At second level, schools have been told that an existing policy providing for vacancies arising from November in the school year to be filled only a casual basis must be rigidly applied.
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