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ASTI tells members not to return to classrooms next week

written by Chris McNulty January 7, 2021
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THE Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland (ASTI) has directed members not to co-operate with the arrangements announced yesterday for the partial reopening of schools.

The Cabinet yesterday approved a plan to reopen schools for three days a week for Leaving Certificate students.

The ASTI say that they were not consulted on the matter.

The union has now said that members should only engage on remote teaching.

A statement said: “The ASTI Standing Committee met this evening to discuss the announcement by the Minister for Education Norma Foley that special schools, special classes and specialised settings will be fully open from Monday 11 January and that Leaving Certificate students will receive in-school teaching provision for three days each week with all other students to be supported to learn remotely.

“The ASTI was not consulted before this announcement. The ASTI has not been provided with the necessary assurances that schools are sufficiently safe for students and teachers at this time, in the context of the new variant of Covid-19 circulating in the community and the alarmingly high numbers.”

ASTI tells members not to return to classrooms next week was last modified: January 7th, 2021 by Chris McNulty
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Chris McNulty

Author of 'Boxing In Donegal: A History (2021)' - the definitive history of the sport in County Donegal - and 'Relentless: A Race Through Time', the 2019 memoir of former Irish Athletics Team Manager Patsy McGonagle. From St Johnston and now based in Letterkenny, Chris was a nominee for NUJ Sports Journalist of the Year in 2010. Honoured by the Donegal Boxing Board in 2016 for his coverage on the sport.

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