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SCOTTISH teachers must be “on guard” against the marketisation of schools, National Education Union joint president Kiri Tunks said yesterday.
In her sororal address to the Education Institute Scotland AGM, Ms Tunks said teachers north of the border should be in no doubt that the academies programme in England had been “a waste of money and an attack on democracy.”
She detailed the “absolute outrage” of school budget cuts in England, and noted that the Scottish education system still had many professional standards in place which have been eroded elsewhere.
Years of underfunding are eroding Scotland’s local services and deepening inequality in communities, says VINCE MILLS
Cuts are sweeping campuses as cash-strapped universities slash staff and politicians fail to act on a growing funding emergency. VINCE MILLS reports
MATT WRACK issues a clarion call for a rejuvenation of public services for the sake of our communities and our young people