"Thank you to each and every one of you again and solidarity colleagues." - EIS General Secretary Andrea Bradley #PayAttention #EISStrike

With the end of the pay campaign now official, I think it is hugely important to recognise and thank all the members and reps across the Scottish Borders who were so strong in their support of the campaign. Your collective effort is what got us to this point today!

Scottish teachers and students are being failed by a generation of political leaders who are so blindly wedded to their inexpert and amateur ideology that they fail to see the misery in many, many schools. This can't be allowed to carry on. Why should it be unions and

EIS Nuzhat supports motion one with some stark statistics about the barriers BAME members face in our profession #eisagm23

Day 2 of #EISAGM23 with your delegates from EIS Scottish Borders

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Motion 31 is successfully carried and we move on to Motion 32, moved by Lindsay Craig, asking for an investigation on the use of commercial accreditations as essential criteria for employment in promoted posts." #EISAGM23

First time speaker Kyra Tweddle seconds Motion 32, "We do not want Local Authorities to allow commercial interest to have undue influence on education." #EISAGM23

Joanne Thomson also speaks in support of the motion and it is carried. We move on to Motion 33 moved by Paula McEwan, calling for the development and adoption of a Pupil Support Assistant staffing formula. #EISAGM23

EIS Scottish Borders LA Sec Natasha York speaking in support of Motion 39

EIS General Secretary Andrea Bradley addresses delegates at #EISAGM23, to outline the priorities of our upcoming Stand up for Quality Education campaign.

The 3 main themes of the campaign are workload, ASN and pupil behaviour. These represent the issues most highlighted by members in our recent member survey. #EISAGM23

Tablets-for-all approach criticised by Unesco expert tes.com/magazine/news/… Emma Seith Tes Scotland Tes magazine

A group of councils are spending £1400 a head on a training course for senior education staff. Participants don't get a qualification - instead they become associates of the Association of Education Advisers. heraldscotland.com/news/23915972.…