Students losing interest in remote study By Alison O Reilly 93 percent of teachers noticed disengagement by some of their students after the move to remote learning.
That s according to a new survey from the Teachers Union of Ireland, into pay discrimination and supports for students who struggle with remote learning.
76 percent of teachers say emergency remote learning had a disproportionately negative effect on students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
While 75 percent say engagement has been better this year than in 2020.
A decade on, public sector pay agreements have gone a long way to closing the gap that opened when two-tier pay scales were introduced, but there are outstanding issues.
So a decade on, it remains a hot topic for discussion at the annual conference of the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) this week.
The pay differences impact most in the early years and, at the moment, David is about €6,000 a year behind a colleague who started in 2010.
The gap is explained by two main factors, one of which is the less favourable salary scale for the post-2011 recruits, who start on the first point of the pay scale rather than the third point, as was the case for pre-2011 entrants.
Teacher unions to debate industrial action over members place on vaccine rollout timetable Move will not affect the planned reopening of schools on April 12th, according to unions
Mon, Apr 5, 2021, 14:34 Updated: Mon, Apr 5, 2021, 14:53
Some sources say any potential industrial action might be deferred until the new academic year, which begins in late August. File photograph: The Irish Times
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All three teachers’ unions look set to debate emergency motions calling for industrial action this week unless their members are moved up the vaccination schedule.