Teachers will go on strike for another two days this school term, the National Education Union has announced.
The union’s national executive said the walkouts by its members will take place on Wednesday 5 July and Friday 7 July.
Members of the NEU previously went on strike on three dates in February and three dates in March.
The walkouts are part of dispute between unions and the government over improved pay and funding for teachers.
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Commenting on the latest strike days, Dr Mary Bousted and Kevin Courtney, joint general secretaries of the National Education Union have said it is within Education Secretary Gillian Keegan’s grasp for this action to be halted”.
They added in a statement: “Time and again the National Education Union, alongside its sister unions, have called for the education secretary to get around the negotiation table to settle this dispute for a fully-funded teacher pay increase.
“Time and again our calls have fallen on stony ground.”
