Nursery education is to be a key priority when the EISlaunches its manifesto next month for the Scottish parliamentary elections.
The EIS blames the budget decisions of local authorities and the Scottish Executive for the loss of 112 nursery teacher posts during 2005 (News, 21 September 2006). It highlights Glasgow City Council as having redeployed 37 nursery teachers to P1 and P2 settings last year (News, 16 February 2006).
General secretary Ronnie Smith said, 'At the same time as the numbers of children aged three to five in pre-school education are increasing, the numbers of teaching posts are being cut. With all the weight of evidence pointing to the value of nursery education, it is perverse that local councils should now be reducing the numbers of nursery teachers working in their area.'
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