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Scottish schools teaching three or more different qualifications in the same classroom
MORE than 100 Scottish schools are teaching three or more different qualifications in the same classroom at once, it emerged today.
A fiery exchange at First Minister’s Questions came as the Education Institute of Scotland (EIS) union said high workloads were “top of the list” of teachers’ concerns.
But Deputy First Minister John Swinney dismissed concerns over combined classes as a “moan-fest.”
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