Teachers’ leaders said the move would reduce the overall number of teachers in Scottish schools and prevent progress being made towards achieving the SNP’s class-size target of 18 in the first three years of primary school.
Scottish Government cuts to the number of teachers being trained is “shortsighted” and will have a damaging impact on the quality of the country’s education, it was claimed yesterday.
Teachers’ leaders said the move would reduce the overall number of teachers in Scottish schools and prevent progress being made towards achieving the SNP’s class-size target of 18 in the first three years of primary school.