Teachers Unions and the Education Minister Jan O'Sullivan have agreed to attend fresh talks next week in a bid to avert further strike action.
Nearly 30,000 secondary teachers are on the picket lines today for the second time, in an ongoing row over changes to the Junior Cert.
Teachers say they're fundamentally opposed to marking their own students for state certification, but they are cooperating with other reforms.
General Secretary of the ASTI Pat King says he's hopeful a solution will be found, but they won't be marking their own pupils for a State exam:
