Labour attack Sturgeon over teacher shortage as three years needed to fill vacancies
SCOTTTISH Labour leader Kezia Dugdale slammed Nicola Sturgeon today after the Scottish Government admitted it will take three years to fill hundreds of teacher vacancies in Scotland.
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About 400 posts are vacant in secondary schools and almost 300 in primaries.
Ms Dugdale pointed to government guidance issued to the Scottish Funding Council stating that while it is planned to address primary vacancies within one year, a three-year “phased approach” will be taken for secondaries.
Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale attacked Sturgeon over teacher shortages
Ms Dugdale told Holyrood today: “The Government’s own internal documents admit it could take up to three years to fill these vacancies.
The Government’s own internal documents admit it could take up to three years to fill these vacancies
"Three years for the Government to ensure there are enough teachers to educate our children, three years to clean up the mess the SNP has been making for the past 10.
"Three years to give our young people a fair chance in life.
Scottish Government admitted it will take three years to fill hundreds of teacher vacancies
“We all know Nicola Sturgeon will spend the next three years campaigning for independence.”
Ms Sturgeon said funding had been made available to train an additional 371 teachers in 2017/18, taking the total number of student training places to 3,861.