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Scotland: Teachers to vote on strike over class sizes

Scotland On Sunday: Teachers to vote on strike over class sizes

SCOTLAND’S teachers yesterday voted for a ballot on industrial action as they stepped up their efforts to reduce class sizes.

Members of Scotland’s largest teaching union, the EIS, took the step in response to the profession’s mounting frustration over the number of pupils teachers have to teach.

Hundreds of courses dropped in Scottish schools

The Herald: Hundreds of courses dropped in Scottish schools

Hundreds of courses have been scrapped at schools around the country in recent years, new figures have revealed.

Data obtained by the Conservatives show that 289 Higher and Advanced Higher courses have been cut since 2006.