Laois Offaly Independent TD Carol Nolan. “Teaching vacancy crisis will define government’s legacy on education”: NolanAll midland counties, including Offaly and Laois are set to witness an increase in expected vacancies in permanent teaching positions due to retirements or resignations by January 2025. Schools expected to have a further 1,816 vacancies by next January, indicating an overall shortage of 2,767 teachers for the majority of this school year. “All of this is feeding into a real emergency in teacher supply that is deepening year on year.”“The housing and accommodation crisis is also directly feeding into this problem. These are all key factors feeding the teacher shortage crisis and they are all a distinct and unwelcome legacy of this government,” concluded Deputy Nolan.

Source: Irish Independent October 21, 2024 14:37 UTC