PROPOSED REVISIONS TO TEACHERS'PENSIONS The nature of these proposals is almost identical to the detail which was outlined at Congress in May, and which has been discussed and approved by Salaries and Conditions of Service Committee. As a result, the advice of the Association is currently to recommend the proposals. Council will have the opportunity to hear a report on this on Saturday 7 October and to approve a course of action. You will hear further details of this after…

PENSION UPDATE - 26 OCTOBER 2005The General Secretary today issued a letter to members regarding the considerable progress that has been made on the future of teachers' pensions following recent talks in London.You can view the General Secretary's letter and the "Framework Principles" here.The Association will be asked to ratify the principles on 8 November in London. Our Salaries Committee will meet on 4 November to determine our stance.Your opportunity to express your views about this is now. You can…

KEY POINTS • Government proposal to raise minimum pension age from 60 to 65. • From 2006 all new entrants would be on the 65 retirement age. • For teachers currently in service under age 50 (today) each year worked from 2013 will only “pay out” at age 65. Years already worked by 2013 will still be payable at 60. 4 examples. Teacher A - Age 50 (2003) Service to 2003 = 25 years Further service to 2013 = 10…

The Association seeks the help of its members, and indeed any concerned teachers, to protest to MPs and MSPs about the Government proposals to increase the pension age from 60 to 65. The Association urges its members to write to their MP and MSP, and a sample letter and "key points" guide are available for download below. Whilst simply downloading the sample letter and sending this off would be good, it would be much more helpful for members to use…

"IT'S YOUR MONEY" CAMPAIGN The Association seeks the help of its members, and indeed any concerned teachers, to protest to MPs and MSPs about the Government proposals to increase the pension age from 60 to 65. The Association urges its members to write to their MP and MSP, and a sample letter and "key points" guide are available for download from this page.

STUC PENSION RALLY, SATURDAY 19 JUNE 2004 Members of SSTA lent their support to the STUC Pensions Rally on Saturday 19 June in Edinburgh. They came from various districts of Scotland to brave the very wet and windy conditions in Edinburgh that day to show the Association's determination to support this cause. The DFES have published details of the proposed changes the to the Teachers Pension Scheme. on their website. Further detail will be given in due course.

MODERNISATION OF THE TEACHERS' PENSION SCHEME (TPS): A PROGRESS REPORT ”” JULY 2004 Over the last six months or so, a considerable amount of progress has been made on the review of the TPS. Many aspects of the Scheme have been examined by the Teachers' Pension Review Group (made up of representatives from DfES, the Government Actuary's Department, teacher unions and employer associations as well as opposite numbers covering the Scottish and Northern Ireland teachers' schemes). The TPRG have now…