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The Irish National Teachers' Organisation (INTO) (Irish: Cumann Múinteoirí Éireann), founded in 1868, is the oldest and largest teachers' trade union in Ireland.It represents teachers at primary level in the Republic of Ireland, and at primary and post-primary level in Northern Ireland.
Education in the Republic of Ireland is a primary, secondary and higher (often known as "third-level" or tertiary) education. In recent years, further education has grown immensely, with 51% of working age adults having completed higher education by 2020. [ 1 ]
Appleford School, Shrewton; Compass Community School Athelstan Park, Westbury Compass Community School Wheatley Park, Rodbourne Cheney Coombe House School, Donhead St Mary The Eaves Learning Centre, Heywood
The Croft Primary School, Old Town South; Drove Primary School, New Town; East Wichel Primary School, Wichelstowe; Eastrop Infant School, Eastrop; Eldene Primary School, Eldene; Even Swindon Primary School, Even Swindon; Ferndale Primary School, Rodbourne; Goddard Park Community Primary School, Park North; Gorse Hill Primary School, Gorse Hill
Local government in Ireland is undertaken by 31 local authorities, each one corresponding to a city or county. Employees of local authorities are considered to be part of the Irish public service, with funding for local government provided mainly by central government, as well the local property tax .
An undergraduate degree and successful completion of a teacher training programme is compulsory for QTS recommendation. [citation needed] One of the main routes to achieving QTS, for those already in possession of a degree, involves undertaking a postgraduate teacher training course, such as the Postgraduate Certificate in Education or a School Direct programme.
The functions of local government in the Republic of Ireland are mostly exercised by thirty-one local authorities, termed County, City, or City and County Councils. [1] [2] [3] The principal decision-making body in each of the thirty-one local authorities is composed of the members of the council, elected by universal franchise in local elections every five years from multi-seat local ...
The union was founded in 1930 as the Vocational Educational Officers' Organisation, and it joined the Irish Trades Union Congress the following year. In 1955, it renamed itself as the Vocational Teachers' Association, and then in 1973 it became the "Teachers' Union of Ireland".