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SCOTTISH teachers warned yesterday that they are at “breaking point” as a result of crushing workloads and poor curriculum.
Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) delegates will arrive in Perth today for the union’s annual conference.
General secretary Larry Flanagan said the motions submitted focussed on workloads and Holyrood’s new “curriculum for excellence.”
He said: “The evidence is that many teachers are increasingly approaching breaking point and have been driven there by a combination of factors that are outwith their control.
“The budget-cutting austerity agenda has reduced both staffing and resource levels in schools, placing increasing pressure on teachers to achieve more with less.”
A recent EIS-commissioned survey of about 7,000 teachers found that only a third would recommend teaching as a career and 84 per cent said they were currently suffering from work-related stress.
