Delegates at the Educational Institute of Scotland’s (EIS) annual general meeting in Perth last week were also scathing of the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) for the way new exams have been rolled out, saying it has caused intense stress to staff and pupils.
Charles McKinnon, from the EIS’s Glasgow local association, said: “We have been told pay levels are at an acceptable level, but when you have young teachers working as bar staff and taxi drivers that is clearly not the case.
“We are paying for an economic crisis that was not of our own making and we have got to be determined to ... take action.”
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