Moray union members to join protest rally
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MORAY members of Scotland’s largest teaching union are joining a march and rally against Government cuts in education.
The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) is supporting the event in Aberdeen this Saturday (October 1), which is protesting against public sector cuts.
Union representatives say the march has attracted considerable support as teachers struggle to deliver Curriculum for Excellence with ever diminishing budgets.
Eileen Morrison, Moray EIS local association secretary said: "Schools are coming under increasing pressure to do much more with much less and teachers are now saying enough is enough.
"Resources for supporting the curriculum changes, for supporting pupils with additional support needs and for supporting new assessment procedures have all been squeezed to the extent that we are genuinely concerned about whether our political masters actually value public sector education in Scotland."
Current EIS national vice president Susan Quinn will be one of the key speakers at the rally, focusing her speech on the EIS "Why Must our Children Pay" campaign.
Moray union members will be joined in Aberdeen by representatives from other trade unions and north-east trade councils taking a stance against the impact of ongoing cuts to public services. An event planned for Glasgow at the same time will also be supported by large numbers of EIS members from other council areas.
"The ongoing cuts to education budgets in Moray, as in other authorities, inevitably mean that teachers simply cannot deliver on many of the Government’s aims and aspirations for Education in the 21st Century," Ms Morrison added.
"The EIS message is clear – children, young people and teachers did not create the current collapse of the financial world and surely it is by investing in education that we can build for the future?"
