Schools are sent there by one. but if you go to west wales to ceredigion, they are all open over there with only eight schools with a couple of classrooms and a couple of people having to spend time. so it s a really varied picture. the education minister here has offered one off pay deal to the unions. that has been flatly rejected. they want a consolidated pay rise but at the moment, it is impossible to see how thatis moment, it is impossible to see how that is going to happen because the welsh government say they haven t got the money to fund that fully. they need more money from westminster to do so and they are not prepared to raise as they have to fund any pay rises at the moment. it looks like there will be more strikes on the way, because i can t see how this is going to be resolved any time soon. teachers in scotland have already been on strike in recent weeks. 0ur correspondent ben philip is in aberdeen for us and has the latest on any sign of a possible breakthrough there. t
This is bbc news. the headlines: hundreds of thousands of workers including school teachers are going on strike for what will be the biggest day of industrial action in more than a decade. the government says most schools in england and wales will be open but the national education union says 85% of schools will be affected, and calls for ministers to engage in talks. rather than messing about and doing nothing, which is what they have done since lastjuly, the government should get round the table now seriously and start to negotiate. we are having those wide ranging discussions. what is not realistic is for us to be looking at inflation or inflation busting pay rises. train drivers have also joined industrial action and passengers are advised to check
Resolved, there could be much more disruption this term and next for teachers, parents and of course pupils. in wales, the government there says it will continue to hold meetings with the unions to try and settle the dispute. 0ur correspondent tomos morgan has the latest from cardiff. there s about 1,500 schools in wales. we ve calculated that nearly a third of those are closed today. this one behind me is closed to pupils, but there are teachers not on strike who ve gone in today. so the dispute and the pressures and impact on schools is varied across the country. most are affected in some way, but there s a real postcode lottery, if you like. for example, in the local authority of blaenau gwent in east wales, all schools are shut there bar one. but if you go to west wales to ceredigion, they re all open over there with only eight schools
The ne you pushing for a fully funded pay rise, there could be a long way to go in the discussions. since the strikes were announced, the union has had 40,000 new members join and if this dispute is resolved, there could be much more disruption this term and next for teachers, parents and of course pupils. in wales, the government there says it will continue to hold meetings with the unions to try and settle the dispute. 0ur correspondent tomos morgan has the latest from cardiff. there are about 1500 schools in wales. we have calculated that nearly a third of those are closed today. this one behind me is closed today. this one behind me is closed to pupils, but there are teachers not on strike who have gone in today. so the dispute and the pressures and impact on schools is varied across the country. most are affected in some way but there is a postcode lottery, if you like. for example, in the local authority of blaenau gwent in east wales, all