The National Labor Court Tuesday night stopped a planned teacher's strike before it even got off the ground on Wednesday, ruling it unlawful.

The Ministry of Education had filed a petition with the court asking for a restraining order against the Secondary Schools Teachers' Association following its announcement it would strike the next day. The news had come barely 24 hours before the first day of the new school year, leaving parents wondering, as they often have in previous years, whether they would be able to send their children to class the next day.

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