A number of plans have been suggested including reducing school psychologists and axing mentoring programmes for disadvantaged young people.
As well as more than 800 jobs being cut, primary schools would close early on Fridays to help cut £51 million from the education budget.
Individual options include cutting back on technicians who support science learning, reducing school psychologists and axing mentoring programmes for disadvantaged young people. One of the biggest savings, £18.5m, would come from reducing the numbers of teachers by closing schools early on Fridays, affecting 324 roles.The plan makes clear this would result in “many more” composite classes, higher pupil/teacher ratios and affect 397 teaching posts.
The jobs of over 100 “support for learning” staff, who assist teachers in the classroom, would also be in jeopardy under the plan.An analysis of the job losses states that they would be expected to be met through early retirement, voluntary redundancy and redeployment. “Any young person with additional support needs would also be severely affected and it would widen the attainment gap.He added: “Teachers would burn out and fall ill. It would become like how the health service is just now.”
"Education needs more funding, not less, and the Council and Scottish Government both must take responsibility for ensuring that education is protected and properly resourced.”
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