Education Minister Helen McEntee has announced a series of policy initiatives aimed at addressing a critical teacher recruitment crisis in Irish schools. With alarming vacancy rates reported across the country—especially in urban areas—current measures include offering permanent contracts to young teachers after just one year. This initiative comes ahead of important conferences held by several teacher unions, which highlight the pressing need for solutions amid significant unfilled positions, restructuring of staff roles, and declining teaching opportunities due to shortages.
Three-quarters of Irish principals and deputy principals revealed they had advertised positions within their schools that nobody had applied for.
The shortage of teachers, particularly in urban schools, continues to grow and the heavy reliance on unqualified staff is an alarming development.
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