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| No boycott against new curriculum | No boycott against new curriculum |
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| Scotland's largest teaching union, the EIS, has backed away from industrial action over the controversial new curriculum for schools. | Scotland's largest teaching union, the EIS, has backed away from industrial action over the controversial new curriculum for schools. |
| Instead of a boycott, members voted to campaign for improvements to the more flexible Curriculum for Excellence. | Instead of a boycott, members voted to campaign for improvements to the more flexible Curriculum for Excellence. |
| They said it was good in principle but ill thought-out and under-funded. | They said it was good in principle but ill thought-out and under-funded. |
| Later, delegates at the union's annual conference in Perth will debate a ballot for industrial action over cuts to education budgets. | Later, delegates at the union's annual conference in Perth will debate a ballot for industrial action over cuts to education budgets. |
| They believe resources ranging from jobs to jotters are under threat. | They believe resources ranging from jobs to jotters are under threat. |
| Union leaders have questioned government claims that budgets have increased by 43% since devolution, asking where the money has gone. | Union leaders have questioned government claims that budgets have increased by 43% since devolution, asking where the money has gone. |
| EIS education convenor Larry Flannigan told BBC Scotland: "Teachers can only judge on the basis of the amount of money available to them in the classroom. | EIS education convenor Larry Flannigan told BBC Scotland: "Teachers can only judge on the basis of the amount of money available to them in the classroom. |
| "Our evidence is quite clear that the per capita spending in schools has been decreasing rapidly over the last few years. | "Our evidence is quite clear that the per capita spending in schools has been decreasing rapidly over the last few years. |
| "So if there's increased spending we would like to know where the money's actually going because it's not hitting the classrooms and it's not supporting teaching and learning in the classrooms." | "So if there's increased spending we would like to know where the money's actually going because it's not hitting the classrooms and it's not supporting teaching and learning in the classrooms." |
| A Scottish Government spokeswoman welcomed the EIS "support" for the Curriculum for Excellence. | |
| She said: "Significant resources are being put in place to make Curriculum for Excellence real in classrooms. | |
| "The Scottish Government has put in place an additional implementation year; has provided £4m for 100 teachers to support implementation, has brought in three extra in-service days to support implementation, which was warmly welcomed by the EIS Education Convenor, and produced exemplar material for teachers." |