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School children in a classroom, November 27, 2019
TEACHERS have slammed the SNP-Green Scottish government’s “complete abdication of responsibility” amid growing classroom violence.
The accusation will be part of a motion from Scottish delegates to this weekend’s NASUWT annual conference in Harrogate, as they describe living not only with rising violence, but a Scottish government running a staggering four years late in issuing guidance to deal with it.
Just last year a survey conducted by the union found that 40 per cent of teachers had experienced violence or physical abuse in the previous 12 months — and 93 per cent said the problem was worsening.
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