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Some teachers have been taking part in action short of strike since February. Some teachers also objected to a proposal that all industrial action be paused while pay negotiations took place. Now the teaching employers – who include the Department of Education (DE), the Education Authority (EA) and the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools (CCMS) – are trying again.
The pay rise is expected to cost Stormont around £48m in 2024/25 and £83m as a recurring cost in future years. The 5.5% pay rise will be backdated to 1 September 2024, but with the 2024/25 financial year almost at an end, time for agreement is short.
The Chief Executive of CCMS, Eve Bremner, said the teaching employers had made a “significant offer”. “Management Side wants to resolve this dispute and bring an end to the current industrial action, so we have worked extremely hard to secure the funding for this offer and the resources to deliver the workload measures,” she said.
The Education Authority (EA) said the offer to teachers is “significant”. Other than that, the testing of literacy and numeracy is happening. Meanwhile, the Education Minister Paul Givan has said that some pupils in Northern Ireland will sit new tests in Maths and English at primary and post-primary school. The pay rise will be backdated to 1 September 2024, but with the 2024/25 financial year almost at an end, time for agreement is short.
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