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Dumfries and Galloway learning support post cuts agreed | Dumfries and Galloway learning support post cuts agreed |
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Dumfries and Galloway Council has agreed a savings package that will see more than 50 learning support posts cut over three years. | Dumfries and Galloway Council has agreed a savings package that will see more than 50 learning support posts cut over three years. |
The authority is looking to cut more than £2m from the budget for pupils needing additional assistance. | The authority is looking to cut more than £2m from the budget for pupils needing additional assistance. |
Its education committee was considering two options which could have seen either 84 or 52 posts go. | |
It went with the second option as it seeks to deliver a more "streamlined and improved service". | |
Jeff Leaver, who chairs the education committee, has said that a better service can be delivered despite a cut in spending. | Jeff Leaver, who chairs the education committee, has said that a better service can be delivered despite a cut in spending. |
He said the budget covering the likes of education psychologists, classroom assistants and speech and language therapists had developed in "piecemeal fashion". | He said the budget covering the likes of education psychologists, classroom assistants and speech and language therapists had developed in "piecemeal fashion". |
'Additional stress' | 'Additional stress' |
He added that it was not delivering support in the "best way possible". | He added that it was not delivering support in the "best way possible". |
It has prompted the review which will see a large number of posts lost. | It has prompted the review which will see a large number of posts lost. |
Dumfries and Galloway EIS secretary John Dennis described the option selected as suffering from "serious issues". | Dumfries and Galloway EIS secretary John Dennis described the option selected as suffering from "serious issues". |
He said additional workload would inevitably fall on class teachers as a result of the move. | He said additional workload would inevitably fall on class teachers as a result of the move. |
"The EIS is determined to resist the additional stress that this kind of cutback will cause to workers in the education service," he added. | "The EIS is determined to resist the additional stress that this kind of cutback will cause to workers in the education service," he added. |
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