Extra hour sought from teachers [IrishTimes]
- Published: 04 December 2009
TEACHERS AND third-level academic staff are being asked to work an additional hour every week under proposals tabled in current talks between the Government and public service unions.
The proposals – drawn up by senior Department of Education officials – echo those made in the McCarthy report.
This was scathing about teacher contracts at second level and work practices in the institutes of technology.
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