Two increases are proposed: 1.5 per cent back-dated for the 12 months to March 31, 2016, and a further one per cent to March 31, 2017.
The settlement must still be agreed by all three sides of the Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers (SNCT).
The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS), the country’s largest teachers’ union, will ballot its members on the offer from local authority employers. Its salaries committee has unanimously recommended that members accept the offer.
Larry Flanagan, EIS general secretary, said the pay element of the offer was “disappointing” and fell short of EIS aspirations.
However, the continued austerity measures of the UK government had created a situation where 2.5 per cent over two years was the most that local authorities were prepared to offer.
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