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BBCParent councils from all of Aberdeenshire’s secondary faculties have known as for Scottish authorities motion to spice up trainer quantity.
Leaders of the 17 dad or mum councils mentioned some topics weren’t capable of be taught and described the difficulty as “crucial”.
Claire Rennie, the chairwoman of Fraserburgh Academy Parent Council, mentioned lecturers had been exhausted and overstretched.
Aberdeenshire Council mentioned a full assessment was wanted over trainer numbers. The Scottish authorities mentioned it recognised there have been challenges.
Mrs Rennie mentioned a scheme to encourage newly-qualified employees to take up posts in rural areas was not working.
This 12 months Aberdeenshire Council requested 44 lecturers however was allotted solely 20.
From this, solely eight had been confirmed after some lecturers withdrew or opted for an additional location.
Mrs Rennie informed BBC Scotland News: “All of the 17 parent councils within Aberdeenshire are very frustrated at the lack of teachers.
“We are notably pissed off that the trainer induction scheme which is supposed to be the scheme that brings newly-qualified lecturers to the world for his or her probationer 12 months is simply not match for function, it is simply not working.”
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She said pupils in Aberdeenshire were not getting the same curriculum choices as children in the Central Belt.
She added: “There are topics simply not getting taught in Aberdeenshire faculties which might be getting taught in the remainder of Scotland.
“The likes of technical education, computing studies, home economics.
“The different impact is that our lecturers themselves are completely exhausted masking courses that they do not have sufficient lecturers to show.”
She mentioned she might “completely perceive” difficulties attracting people to area and called for a summit to address the issues.
Getty ImagesLaurence Findlay, director of education and children’s services at Aberdeenshire Council, said receiving only eight new teachers via the induction scheme was a problem.
He said: “Cleary this stays insufficient by way of assembly the wants of our faculties – notably in the important thing scarcity topics reminiscent of maths, English, residence economics and technical.
“We have worked with our 17 secondary school parent councils to try and find solutions and have had meetings with the Cabinet Secretary to discuss these concerns.
“We believe a full review needs to be undertaken to ensure an adequate supply of teachers to meet current and future demand.”
The Scottish government said it was offering local authorities £145.5m to “protect teacher numbers, supporting children and young people’s education”.
A statement said: “We recognise there is a challenge around the recruitment of teachers in certain geographical areas and in certain subjects. It is for this reason that we have manually allocated preference waiver payment (PWP) probationers – which sees probationers receive an incentive of up to £8,000 for opting to be placed anywhere in Scotland.
“It is also important to note that local councils also have the autonomy to provide additional incentives to attract teachers to their area.
“The Strategic Board for Teacher Education is looking at issues around the recruitment and retention of teachers in Scotland in detail, this will include the operation of the teacher induction scheme.”
