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Scottish union demands an end to ‘open season’ on Curriculum for Excellence

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Too much bureaucracy, rising workloads and the risk of growing political interference are all overshadowing schools on a daily basis, according to the out-going president of the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS).

Tommy Castles told the union’s annual general meeting in Perth last week that pupils, teachers and the system itself were under mounting strain.

He said: “On Curriculum for Excellence (CfE), I’ll quote Sinatra. ‘Flying high in April shot down in May.’ We spend up to 10 years implementing CfE and then after a half-hour speech made by a politician to a group of academics it is open season on us and the CfE.”

He was referring to a recent speech by education secretary Angela Constance, in which she admitted to major problems in the system. First minister Nicola Sturgeon has also suggested more testing could be reintroduced, particularly at primary schools.

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