ASTI directs teachers not to comply with plans to teach in schools three days a week
The ASTI teaching union has directed its members not to comply with plans for Leaving Cert students to attend school for three days a week. The union, which represents more than 17,500 teachers, said it was not consulted about the plan and had not received sufficient assurances that “schools are sufficiently safe” for students and teachers. At an emergency meeting on Thursday, the ASTI standing committee decided to direct its members not to co-operate with the arrangements announced by the Minister for Education for in-school teaching. Unfortunately, the assurances we sought have not been...