Teachers appear to have been given further concessions in the ongoing row over Junior Cycle reform.
Leaders of the ASTI and TUI unions have agreed on a proposal with the Department of Education to resolve the ongoing dispute, which has seen two strike days.
Teachers were opposed to marking their own pupils for state certification, but Minister Jan O'Sullivan wanted them to mark 40 percent of the exam in-class.
Education Correspondent with the Irish Times Joe Humphreys says that's off the table;Last week, the two teachers unions; wrote to the Education Minsiter in a bid to end this long running row - which has seen schools close for two full days and teachers not engage in training.
The ASTI and the TUI identified 5 key principles needed to reform the Junior Cycle - and previously referred to by Jan O'Sullivan.
They include reducing the focus on one terminal exam, giving prominence to classroom-based assessment and greater professional collaboration between teachers.
Now the unions and the Department of Education have agreed on a proposal to implement the reforms.
The executives of both unions will meet on Friday to discuss the proposals.
