Call on Department of Education to Come Up with Clear Guidelines for Schools on Use of 'Pronouns' - 19/09/2025
There is a call on the Department of Education, teaching unions and child welfare experts to sit down with parents and try and formulate clear and practical guidelines for schools around the issue of ‘pronouns’. That’s according to Aontú Cllr Emer Tóibín, who says she has been contacted by a number of teachers seeking guidance on how to respond if a student requests to be addressed by ‘preferred’ pronouns.Councillor Toibin contacted Kieran Christie, the General Secretary of ASTI, to ask if there was any formal guidance for teachers, but his response was that the organisation can only discuss…
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