1 in 5 Schools Forced To Drop Subjects Due To Lack Of Teachers

The vast majority of schools across the country have had recruitment difficulties in recent months.

20% of secondary schools say they've had to drop subjects because there's no one to teach them.

The Teachers' Union of Ireland's latest survey has found 93% of schools have experienced teacher recruitment difficulties in the last 6 months.

Last April, then Education Minister Norma Foley announced a new upskilling programme to get more Irish teachers, with similar schemes in maths, physics and Spanish.

Tullamore's Michael Gillespie from the TUI says the programmes don't work because no one has the time to attend them:

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