Every integrated post-primary, one in three Catholic schools and all but five in the state-controlled sector stand to benefit from the government-backed initiative.
The high volume of eligible schools – 123 out of 147 – has sparked concerns that reading, writing and counting skills of secondary children is worse than was thought.
A total of 150 recently graduated teachers, who are without permanent employment, are to be given two-year contracts.
They will then deliver one-to-one tuition to pupils who are not projected to get C grades in their maths and English GCSEs. They are expected to be in post from September.
Post-primary schools identified as eligible were selected using a combination of academic performance and level of entitlement to free school meals.
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