Members of the two largest unions organising in the North have endorsed ballots for industrial action including strikes.
Unions are angry at a pay offer. They rejected a deal that would see staff receive no across the board pay rise for 2015/16, and a one per cent cost of living uplift for 2016/17.
The unions are due to meet employers again this month, however, education minister Peter Weir says there is no more money.
The NASUWT has already staged a one-day walk-out in Belfast and Newtownabbey with more action to take place this month in counties Derry, Tyrone and Fermanagh.
In addition, the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) is due to have a Northern Ireland-wide strike on Wednesday, January 18.
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