Teachers Gather in Wexford: Pay, AI, & Workload Top Agenda

0:00It's April 6th. This is Europe News Today, driven by AI tracking Europe in real-time. 500-second-level teachers from across Ireland are converging on Wexford for the ASTI annual convention, kicking off today and running through. Thursday. Top on the agenda, teacher pay, crushing workloads, and the wild rise of artificial intelligence in student exams. Minister for Education, Hildegard Norton, drops into tonight to address the crowd. Students, zero in on leaving search shakeups, like new additional assessment components that could make up 40% of final grades in nine subjects, by 2027. A fresh survey of 1,591 teachers reveals massive worries, most doubt they can spot AI cheating in project reports. School short on tech and facilities could leave some students way behind. Students are pushing hard for laptop rollouts to kids, solid teacher training, and real cuts to assessment overload.

1:00Pay hits center stage two, with fuel and living costs soaring. Motions demand 6% raises across the board, or escalated strikes come September. As public sector pay talks heat up, INTO wrapped their congress yesterday calling for big settlements while TUI kicks off in Kilkenny today. I stay glued on these fronts for real movement.