School funding in Northern Ireland 'on a precipice', says school head and union leader.
School funding in Northern Ireland is "on a precipice," according to a school head and union leader.
The warning was contained in the budget for Stormont departments set out by Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris.ASCL is a union which represents many post-primary school principals and senior leaders in Northern Ireland.The other five unions "They deserve to be properly remunerated for their tireless work on behalf of our children and young people," he said."The school system here is approaching the point of crisis," says Graham Montgomery
But he said that any pay deal would need extra funding from government as schools could not afford to pay it from their own budgets."We are stating clearly today that school funding is on a precipice and action needs to be taken now to develop a sustainable and fair funding model for the future," he will tell members."Our members are tired of trying to run their schools with inadequate funding and they are tired of the failure to defuse industrial unrest.
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