SSTA News
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10 February 2011 Update
Colleagues During the course of today we have become aware of some unexpected additional cuts to education within Local Authority budget proposals. At yesterday’s meeting COSLA did warn the teachers’ side that their proposal would appear as “ a done deal” in budgets because “these savings have to be made” but they (COSLA) were…
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Update on SNCT Meeting
Dear Colleagues I regret to inform you that no final decision was reached at the SNCT meeting today. It was agreed in advance that the discussion would not be subject to comment outside the meeting until a decision is reached. The proposals explained to you in earlier emails are still representing the employers’…
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EI condemns “desperate tactics” as Egypt uprising turns violent
Education International has called for Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak to bring an immediate end to the violence being led by his regime against peaceful demonstrators who continue to demand fundamental rights and democratic change. After a day of clashes between supporters of the President and protesters calling on him to resign immediately, Egyptian state television…
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Negotiations with COSLA
Dear Colleagues The convener of the Salaries and Conditions committee was part of the delegation which met with COSLA and the Scottish Government on Monday 31 January. Subsequently our Salaries and Conditions of Service Committee met today, Tuesday 1 February, to determine our response to the most recent proposals. COSLA wish us to believe…
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New Exam Information
Dear Colleagues SQA have indicated that they will publish Course Rationale and Summary documents for National 4 and National 5 this morning (Monday 31.01.11). These draft documents will be made available on the SQA website (http://www.sqa.org.uk/curriculumforexcellence). There is a very short consultation period, 2 months, and the Association will be asked for immediate responses to…
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Aberdeen City Indicative Ballot Results
Dear Colleagues The indicative ballot closed at midnight on Wednesday 26 January 2011. Part 1 related to ballot verification then two questions were asked. The response to questions 2 & 3 were: 2. In the event of compulsory redundancies: 64.4% in favour of a ballot on action including strike action 35.6% in favour…
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Pay demand made by the Teachers’ side
Dear Colleagues You may have noted the comments in newspapers today about the pay demand made by the Teacher’s side, and wrongly credited to the EIS. The claim was for a minimum of 3.3%, based on the rate of CPI during 2010. Apart from the obvious purpose of this claim it is vitally important that…
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Possible action by COSLA/Scottish Government to end conservation
Dear Colleagues Many of you will be aware of the article in newspapers at the weekend, discussing possible action to end conservation. This was one of the proposals agreed between COSLA and the Scottish Government in November 2010. Teacher Unions have not agreed to this and negotiations are currently underway. At this…
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Union Warns Over Abuse of Internet Help for Pupils
The Scottish Secondary Teachers’ Association, representing 8500 teachers in Scotland’s Secondary Schools, today warned its members over problems caused following harassment of some of its member via electronic mail. In particular harassment by pupils was now a significant concern. The union issued its advice today on its website pointing out that the situation had…
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Scottish Teacher Union Warns on Impact of Cuts
The Scottish Secondary Teachers’ Association, representing 8500 teachers in Scotland’s Secondary Schools, today warned its members on the impact of the cuts in education budgets currently under discussion in many Scottish local authorities. The union expressed particular concerns that Councils did not have enough knowledge of educational systems and arrangements to be fully aware…