An education union has called on the First Minister of Scotland to take action on the 'lack of job security' among newly qualified teachers
union has called on the First Minister of Scotland to take action on the 'lack of job security' among newly qualified teachers. is the largest teaching union in the country and said Scottish teachers in recent years have been appointed on short-term, temporary contracts.
In a letter to First Minister Humza Yousaf, EIS general secretary Andrea Bradley wrote on the"urgent matter of precarity of employment for thousands of teachers in Scotland, whose professional and personal lives are in turmoil, as a result of the lack of the job security that many were led to believe they would have by entering the teaching profession.
She said their commitment often comes with 'significant personal sacrifice and expense; through the successful completion of a rigorous probationary year and through the achievement of an exacting suite of professional standards.' "Regrettably for the thousands of teachers who undertook their ITE courses in good faith, the long-term staffing strategy for education has not served them well.
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