THE deadline for voting in the General Teaching Council election has been extended because 1,001 teachers did not receive their ballot forms. Voters now have until noon April 5 to return their papers and the result will be annouced by April 13.
A total of 134 candidates are standing for just 11 seats in the secondary teacher category. In the primary section, 47 will contest 11 seats. A total of 340,000 teachers have registered to vote.
