Schools Hiring Over 14,000 Unqualified People Due To Recruitment Crisis

Thursday, 27 October 2022 10:44

Expense of living in areas, like Kildare, also problematic

A severe shortage of teachers has led to schools hiring more than 14,000 unqualified people.

That's according to new Freedom of Information figures, released to Newstalk.

A survey carried out by the Teachers Union of Ireland found that 91% of secondary schools reported difficulties in recruiting teachers in the past 6 months.

Principals & Deputy Principals were surveyed in 94 second-level schools.

In the previous 6 months, 61% of those schools had experienced teacher retention difficulties.

Additionally, 61% of the schools surveyed currently have unfilled posts.

On Wednesday afternoon, General Secretary of the TUI, Michael Gillespie, spoke to 'Kildare Focus'.

He noted the lack of full-our contracts & the restoration of promotional opportunities, have led to a recruitment & retention crisis.

Mr. Gillespie added issues like fuel prices & the expense of both renting & buying in certain areas of the country - including Kildare - has not helped to ease the problem:

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