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SSTA General Secretary Report to Congress 2023 Friday 12 May 2023 What can happen in a year? Last year I said. We are on the verge of a new era in Scottish education. The things that we have accepted as normal, if there ever could be anything normal in education, is about to change. But we must learn from the past and not make the same mistakes again. As you all know, the Government embarked on a new direction for…

Presidential Address to 78th Annual Congress

Catherine Nicol, SSTA President Address to the 78th Congress of the SSTA The Trade union movement is still a force to be reckoned with. Trade union members need to be alert to the neoliberal forces in the press, political sphere and social media that strive to create division in our ranks. There is no room for unilateral and partisan action if we are to achieve our shared aims. Holding the line when others seek to break it down is crucial.…

Congress - 05/12/2023

Report of the General Secretary

SSTA General Secretary, Seamus Searson SSTA General Secretary Report to Congress 2022 Friday 13 May 2022 Dear Colleagues, it is a great pleasure to stand before you and see so many familiar faces and so many new faces in the room as we try to return to a normal SSTA Congress. Unfortunately, I unable to see the 20 plus delegates who are joining us virtually today. I would also like to welcome the large number of members, guests and observers…

Congress - 05/13/2022

Presidential Address - 77th Annual Congress

Catherine Nicol, SSTA President Address to the 77th Congress of the SSTA In October 2021 we were all aware that the Pandemic was not yet over. At that time news of the Omicron variant was emergent but the impact it would have on society was as yet unknown. It was abundantly clear that the measures that teachers had called for to safeguard the health and wellbeing of our colleagues, our families and friends, pupils, care givers and other service users…

Congress - 05/13/2022

Message to Members - 25 October 2021

Safety First – the fight against Covid-19 continues Covid-19 has not gone away and the SSTA has welcomed the Government decision to continue mitigations including face coverings in schools. There was a push from some to reduce the mitigations to match other measures in other settings. However, that is not taking into account that the majority of the school population are not vaccinated and it is in the secondary school age group that the highest increase in cases of covid is…

Congress / COVID-19 / Information for Members - 10/25/2021

Presidential Address to the 76th Congress of the SSTA

John GuidiSSTA President Address to the 76th Congress of the SSTA 2 October 2021 During my time as President, we have experienced two lockdowns, two consecutive years of external exams cancellations, the Alternative Certification Model, an OECD review of the curriculum and assessment, a review of Education Scotland and the Scottish Qualification Authority and now the possibility of not even a two percent pay rise. Certainly, plenty of material to write about in a speech! Over the last 18 months,…

Congress / Information for Members - 10/02/2021

SSTA Newsletter

The post-Congress newsletter is now available for members to download. It contains details of the business from the 75th Annual Congress of the SSTA

Bulletin / Congress / Information for Members - 08/09/2019

Presidential Address - 75th Annual Congress

Kevin Campbell, SSTA President Address to the 75th Congress of the SSTA Colleagues it gives me immense pleasure and no small amount of pride to welcome you all to the 75th Annual Congress of the SSTA. I’d like to extend a warm and heartfelt fraternal greeting to our friends and comrades from our fellow unions and to the members of the press who are in attendance. Furthermore, I implore any politician who is here as a guest of the Association:…

Congress - 05/17/2019

Video from SSTA Annual Congress 2018

The SSTA's 74th Annual Congress took place on Friday 18th & Saturday 19th May 2018 at Crieff Hydro. Video of the Presidential Address, Report of the General Secretary and John Swinney's speech and Question and Answer session from the 74th Annual Congress is now available to view at http://www.ssta.org.uk/congress2018

Congress / Information for Members - 05/25/2018

Report of the General Secretary - SSTA Annual Congress 2018

SSTA General Secretary Speech to Congress 2018 We are approaching 75 years of the SSTA and the issues in 1944 are the same as the issue of 2018 to protect the interests of secondary teachers in Scotland. Concerns over conditions of service, pay and workload appear throughout our history and will probably do so for a good number of years. The objects of the Association are To advance education in Scotland with particular regard to secondary education : To safeguard…

Congress / Information for Members - 05/18/2018