GEMMA BROLLY: Independent Enquiry necessary to address ongoing concerns regarding the GTCNI
Aontú Rep for East Derry and Education Spokesperson Gemma Brolly has called for the registration of newly qualified teachers, to commence as a matter of urgency. She further highlighted the need to address the many urgent issues in Education instead of finger pointing and shifting blame and responsibility.
The General Teaching Council of Northern Ireland (GTCNI) is a statutory, self-regulated body dedicated to enhancing the status of teaching and promoting the highest standards of teacher conduct. All teachers must register with GTCNI, including those wishing to make themselves available on the official register for substitute teaching (NISTR.)
Rep Brolly:"After a stressful year of dealing with staff absences due to Covid and the challenges in finding substitute teachers, I am astounded to learn that many of our newly qualified teachers who have made applications to the GTCNI have not been registered."
"With Unions bringing this to attention of the Minister back in June, the Minister of Education's statement that she has now instructed GTCNI to fix this urgently is simply not good enough."
"For years now, report after report has highlighted the areas that require urgent attention. Only a few days ago, I spoke about the inadequate funding for school uniforms. This issue was raised in the children's commissioner report almost FOUR years ago."
"Can we please get to work on these most urgent issues, beginning with registering the teachers who are ready and willing to jump in, roll their sleeves up and get to work."
"The Department of Education is also aware the efficiency and purpose of the GTCNI has been questioned now for quite some time. There is NO more time to lose. Aontú calls for an independent enquiry into the purpose and efficiency of the GTCNI immediately, in order to provide teachers with confirmation of what exactly they are paying for."
We store and access information like unique IDs on your device. The processing of personal data is used to help manage the site and give you a better user experience.
We need your consent to collect and process this information, which you can provide or withdraw at any time by clicking on "Adjust Cookie Preferences" at the bottom of each page.
Please visit our Cookie Policy.
We use two types of cookies, which are explained below.
Necessary Cookies
These cookies are needed for the operation of the website and cannot be turned off.
These are normally only used to record your language preferences, whether or not you are logged in, your shop orders, payment processing and your desired privacy settings. These can still be blocked by your browser, but certain
sections of the website might not function in that case. These cookies don't store any personally identifying information.
This information is stored locally, it does not leave the European Union at any point and is transferred to no third parties for processing.
- I accept the use of strictly necessary cookies
Hit Counter Cookies
Aontú uses a hit counter called Matomo which may put cookies on your system for the purposes of recording repeat visits to the site. This is important because, for example, to accurately measure the number of visitors we get,
two different people visiting should be recorded as separate from the same person visiting twice. This information is anonymised and stored locally, it does not leave the European Union at any point and is transferred to no third parties for processing. These anonymised cookies don't store any personally identifying information nd cannot be turned off.
Please check the box if you'd like to allow us to use more and non-anonymous traffic information to improve our site performance.
- I accept the use of hit counter cookies