Written Question · S3W-06361 · Session 3
Whether sufficient teachers are in post to allow class size reductions to 20 in maths and English for S1 and S2 across Scotland.
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether sufficient teachers are in post to allow class size reductions to 20 in maths and English for S1 and S2 across Scotland.
The answer
We confirmed the previousadministration’s commitment to provide £50.3 million in 2007-08 to increase teachernumbers and reduce S1/S2 maths and English classes to a maximum of 20 pupils. Thatlevel of funding was deemed sufficient by the previous administration to enablelocal authorities to employ teachers to meet the commitment.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-06361 by reference.