General Teaching Council staff shortage hitting teachers’ registrations

The registration of new teachers in Northern Ireland is “threatened with increasing delays” due to a lack of staff at the body which registers them.

If a teacher wants to be employed in a school they have to be registered with the General Teaching Council (GTCNI).

But an internal GTCNI memo obtained by BBC News NI claimed the organisation was facing “critical staffing issues”.

BBC News NI has also learned that the chief executive of GTCNI, Sam Gallaher, is to stand down…. Read More