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Foulkes FOI reveals plight of Edinburgh Teachers
Thu 15th Jan 2009

Lothians MSP George Foulkes today published the findings of a FOI exposing the chaos at the heart of the Scottish Governments education policy. Figures released by Edinburgh City Council to the MSP demonstrates a 36% increase in the number of teachers applying for supply work. 852 people are currently registered for work in Edinburgh, however that work is extremely scarce due to the cuts imposed by the council which have reduced all primary school budgets by £10,000 and secondary school budgets by £50,000. The Council are also currently proposing a further 2% school budget cut for 2009/10. One probationary teacher, wished...

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