The March meeting of EIS Council was held as the illegal invasion of Ukraine by Russia continued to dominate global events. President Heather Hughes opened the meeting by condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine and expressing solidarity with Ukrainian people and in particular, teachers, educators, lecturers, pupils and students. Council approved a decision to make […]

General Secretary Larry Flanagan updated Council on the previous day’s meeting of the Covid Education Recovery Group (CERG). It has been announced at that meeting that it was the final time that CERG would meet – this had come as a surprise to the EIS, said Mr Flanagan, which had not been consulted on this […]

Delivering his Salaries Committee report, Convener Des Morris confirmed that the Teachers’ Panel of the SNCT had agreed, unanimously, to submit a pay claim for a 10% increase for 2022-2023. No response had yet been received from the employer, he added. Public sector pay policy remains extremely restrictive, he said. Public sector pay policy equates […]

Anti Racist Education & “Super” headteachers 4 Motions were passed by Council, including Motions on the delivery of anti-racist education in schools and concern over the growing use of multi-establishment or “Super” Headteachers across the country – both moved by David Farmer (Fife). Supporting Ukraine Alison Murphy (Edinburgh) moved a Motion calling on support for […]

Following the conclusion of the agenda, the President gave General Secretary Larry Flanagan permission to address the meeting. Mr Flanagan informed Council that he had taken the decision to stand down as General Secretary, following 10 years in post. He was not “retiring”, he remains a registered teacher and will continue to focus on his […]