Six in ten schools have unfilled vacancies because of challenges with recruiting and retaining staff.
The lack of available teachers has reached crisis point with new figures revealing 75% of schools that advertised positions in the previous six months had no applicants.
New findings of a survey carried out by the TUI revealed 60% of schools have unfilled vacancies due to recruitment and retention difficulties.
Almost one-in-five schools have been forced to drop subjects.
TUI General Secretary, Tullamore's Michael Gillespie says teaching is not an attractive employment proposition:
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