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27/11/2014
Minister Urges Teachers To Call Off Planned Strike
Minister for Education Jan O'Sullivan is urging teachers' unions to call off a planned strike next Tuesday.
Second level school teachers are due to carry out a one-day protest over the junior cycle reform.
In the Dáil, the Minister said she had meetings with the ASTI and TUI and instead of strike action she would rather re-engage in talks.
Responding to the Minister's comments, ASTI and the TUI said they are willing to engage in talks on the basis that those talks address teachers' concerns about assessing their own students and the resourcing of the Framework.
"It is misleading for the Minister to state that the unions have 'steadfastly failed to move'," said ASTI President Philip Irwin. "We have made clear to the Minister that we are willing to engage on many of the proposals contained in the Framework for Junior Cycle.
"We have supported a move away from a single terminal exam and the inclusion of portfolios and project work etc. In addition, teachers have implemented a wide range of changes to the Junior Cycle curriculum over the last 10 years, and will continue to do so.
"This has included the introduction of project maths, a new science syllabus, and group work, especially in CSPE."
(CD/JP)
Second level school teachers are due to carry out a one-day protest over the junior cycle reform.
In the Dáil, the Minister said she had meetings with the ASTI and TUI and instead of strike action she would rather re-engage in talks.
Responding to the Minister's comments, ASTI and the TUI said they are willing to engage in talks on the basis that those talks address teachers' concerns about assessing their own students and the resourcing of the Framework.
"It is misleading for the Minister to state that the unions have 'steadfastly failed to move'," said ASTI President Philip Irwin. "We have made clear to the Minister that we are willing to engage on many of the proposals contained in the Framework for Junior Cycle.
"We have supported a move away from a single terminal exam and the inclusion of portfolios and project work etc. In addition, teachers have implemented a wide range of changes to the Junior Cycle curriculum over the last 10 years, and will continue to do so.
"This has included the introduction of project maths, a new science syllabus, and group work, especially in CSPE."
(CD/JP)
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