SCOTLAND'S largest teaching union has bowed to public anger over a controversial deal that cut pay for supply staff.

The ruling executive of the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) has backed moves for a review of the agreement amid mounting fears of a crisis in classroom cover.

A survey by the Scottish Labour Party published in The Herald yesterday found 84% of councils did not fill all requests for short-term cover in 2011/12.

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