Clare School Principal Says Pay Scales For Teachers Must Be Levelled Out

The Principal of a Clare Secondary School insists that pay scales for teachers simply have to be levelled out.

It comes as figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act revealed that a severe shortage of teachers has led to schools across the country hiring more than 14,000 unqualified people.

While a survey carried out by the Teachers Union of Ireland found that 91 per cent of secondary schools reported difficulties in recruiting teachers in the past six months.

Principal of St Flannan’s College in Ennis, Fr Iggy McCormack says new entrants are under much more financial pressure than those established in the profession.