Members of the Teachers' Union of Ireland have voted by a margin of 73% to 27% to accept negotiated implementation measures for senior cycle redevelopment.
The union’s executive committee had recommended acceptance, stating that it believed the measures were the best that could be achieved through negotiation.
Announcing the outcome, the union said the ballot was on the acceptability of the implementation measures and not the actual curriculum, "which the Minister has the power to prescribe under the Education Act and which other stakeholders have no veto over".
TUI President David Waters said, notwithstanding the vote, members continued to have concerns.
'"We have specific concerns about the system capacity for the roll-out of the science subjects in schools that have been chronically under-resourced, the potential risks to assessment posed by AI and the additional resourcing required to ensure that no students, particularly those in DEIS settings, are put at a disadvantage by any of the changes.
"It is now imperative that these and any other arising issues are urgently addressed," Mr Waters said.
