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Members of Scotland’s largest teaching union are being urged to back strike action over a dispute on class contact time.

The SNP pledged in its manifesto ahead of the 2021 election to reduce contact time to 21 hours per week, but EIS general secretary Andrea Bradley said the Government has “delivered absolutely nothing”.

Members will be able to vote from Wednesday until January 14 on potential action as a result, with the union’s leadership pushing for teachers to back both strike action and action short of a strike.

The Scottish Government said it is “disappointed”

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