NI teachers have not had a pay rise in nearly three years and get less than their UK counterparts.
Head teachers protested outside the Department of Education headquarters last month at not having had a pay rise in three yearsA teacher pay rise in England will not mean any extra money for teachers' pay in Northern Ireland, the Department of Education has confirmed.
Separate official figures published on Wednesday suggest that a typical full-time public sector worker in Northern Ireland saw their real pay fall by more than 7% in the last year.Many teachers in England, Scotland and Wales now earn thousands of pounds more than their counterparts in Northern Ireland at the same grade.
BBC News NI understands teaching unions have continued to meet education management bodies like DE and the Education Authority to negotiate a pay rise.But the department has previously said it is "simply unaffordable" to give teachers a pay rise within 2023/24 education budget, which was cut from the previous year.
A spokesperson said in a statement: "Following the agreement by teaching unions in England to accept the offer of a 6.5% increase, the government confirmed that 3.5% of this rise would have to be covered by existing budgets allocated to schools."
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