Gerry Murphy was speaking at the annual northern conference of the INTO union in Newcastle, Co Down.
Mr Murphy said the vote by people in England and Wales to leave the European Union will bring about significant negative consequences for everyone.
He claims the Department of Education and employing authorities seem more concerned about balancing budgets than meeting the needs of children and young.
“In purely economic terms we will lose £250 million out of the local economy, agriculture and the voluntary and communities sectors in particular will suffer,” he said.
“There is a distinct possibility following the divorce that the British government will have to pay hundreds of millions back to Brussels not to mention the additional tariffs imposed on goods to be exported from the UK to the markets in the European Union.
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