Hundreds of Teaching Posts Remain Unfilled as Schools Prepare to Reopen, Says ASTI - 15/08/2025
The Government has failed to “make a dent” in the teacher recruitment and retention crisis as “hundreds” of posts remain unfilled shortly before schools reopen after summer, the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI) said.In recent years, the union said hundreds of posts advertised online have consistently remained unfilled at this time of year despite schools working “relentlessly” to fill them.An ASTI survey of secondary school leaders published on Thursday revealed 67 per cent of respondents said they had unfilled vacancies, due to recruitment difficulties, halfway through the…
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