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Education in Scotland is undervalued, according to a recent study undertaken for Education International, which also stresses that public authorities and education policy makers must work with teachers and their unions on professional and national identity.

The World Development Report 2018 recognises, although briefly, that poor working conditions for teachers can undermine learning (p.138). It argues that the status of the teaching profession has declined over the last few decades, and that as a result, “teachers deserve more from the systems that employ them” (p.138).

Workload is the biggest barrier to young teachers making the profession their career, UK young teachers have highlighted.

Better part-time and flexible working opportunities can help solve the teacher recruitment and retention crisis in the UK, say education unions in response to the latest National Foundation for Educational Research’s report.

Following on the latest report by the National Audit Office, UK education unions have urged the government to step up its efforts to ensure the recruitment and retention in the profession of properly trained teachers.