The National Parents Council Post Primary has expressed concern about the threat of school closures and strikes by teachers over the Lansdowne Road pay deal.
Aside from the Lansdowne Road dispute, the council also stated that parents have concerns about the quality of education due to protests over the introduction of Junior Cycle reforms.
“The education of our children unfortunately seems to have been held to ransom for the past two to three years and people are getting fed up with it. Parents are very concerned and a lot of teachers are very concerned as well,” a spokesperson for The National Parents Council Post Primary told the Irish Times.
While the Teachers Union of Ireland has approved the curriculum reform plan, the Association of Secondary Teachers has rejected it.
The ASTI has also ordered its members to boycott training for the new Junior Cycle programme and have embarked on a consultation process to establish the reasons why it was rejected.
Union officials may then attempt to reopen talks with Minister for Education and Skills Jan O’Sullivan or propose further industrial action.
