SUBSTITUTE teachers who have not received their wages will receive emergency interim payments, the education minister has said.
Michelle McIlveen said "given the current exceptional circumstances, particularly in light of the cost of living crisis", she had asked the Education Authority (EA) to process payments to those impacted.
However, it has been suggested that the issues related to the Northern Ireland Substitute Teacher Register (NISTR) may not be resolved until December.
Two consecutive months of problems related to the online system have left hundreds of substitute teachers without wages.
The NASUWT union said this week that it had been "inundated" by teachers in "extreme distress" over the missed payments.
In a letter sent issued on Wednesday by the Department of Education (DE) and EA, it was revealed that emergency interim payments would be made on October 25.
Ms McIlveen said: "I am conscious of a number of issues recently regarding the implementation of a new NISTR system and the timely payment of temporary teachers.
"Given the current exceptional circumstances, particularly in light of the cost of living crisis, I have asked the Education Authority to process interim, emergency payments to all of the individual teachers impacted."
In the letter sent to schools, it said there have been "a number of issues recently regarding the implementation of a new NISTR system and the timely payment on temporary teachers" adding that the DE and EA were working "to ensure that immediate steps are taken to ensure staff are paid as a matter of urgency".
But it said that some schools had not completed "appropriate approval processes" by the payroll deadline date.
"This prevented payment being made on the planned date for an estimated 300 teachers," the letter stated.
"It is incumbent on us all to work together to ensure that employment commitments are honoured, and our staff are remunerated for their service on the scheduled date.
"At the deadline for this month’s payroll, some teachers had bookings with outstanding employer approval for payment (not inputted to the NISTR system and/or not signed off/approved by the school employer) and consequently did not receive their salary payments."
The EA will contact schools where teachers have been working who need an emergency payment, but the letter added that "further interim emergency payments will be considered up to Christmas as appropriate".
