Nearly thirty schools were closed as over 1,800 teachers went on strike in the Northern Territory this week – and they say the industrial action will continue.

Work was stopped in protest of planned cuts to teachers’ jobs, who also claim they have been misled by their government in the lead-up to the cuts.

The Australian Education Union (AEU) says more than 500 teachers were at meeting at Darwin's Marrara Sports Stadium to talk about the cuts.

Reports say the Territory Government is looking to trim $30 million from the education budget.

Action is set to continue, with members at the union meeting voting to enact two more strikes.

There will be a stoppage at some sites on November 18, and teachers from the Darwin and Palmerston areas will stop work on the morning of November 27.

AEU NT secretary Peter Clisby said many teachers were annoyed that government did not fully inform them of its intentions.

“[The NT Government is] saying there are a hundred teachers going out of middle school and secondary, and yet there is going to be many, many more than that,” Mr Clisby he said.

“There is a real danger that staffing for schools next year will not be in place, so they will be disrupted without us even taking industrial action.”

Car horns were sounded is support of more than 200 teachers who took their struggle to the streets of Darwin on Wednesday.

Year 12 students sitting their HSC exams were not affected by the strike.

Many schools cancelled classes, going into ‘caretaker mode’ instead.