The union, which held its annual conference in Edinburgh last week, said workload was the biggest worry, cited by seven in 10 teachers, and changes to curriculum and qualifications were the biggest source of that excessive workload.
Chris Keates, general secretary of the NASUWT, said the survey of about 800 teachers showed the damage that was being inflicted on teachers’ professionalism, morale and skills by an “ideologically driven assault” on pay, pensions, working conditions and job security.
“This survey should be taken by the Scottish government as a graphic illustration that they have a profession on the verge of a crisis,” she said.?“Teachers are buckling under the impact of the failure of government and employers to recognise the centrality of the workforce to maintaining and enhancing high standards of education.”
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