Aberdeen teachers union raises concerns over return to school announcement
Updated: 17/02/2021, 5:12 pm
A teachers union has called for a rethink on back to school plans after the First Minister announced a phased return for pupils next week.
Concerns have been raised by the Aberdeen branch of EIS over the move, which will see early learning and younger primary school children going back full-time from Monday.
Senior pupils who need to attend practical classes for exam purposes will also be allowed back to the classroom.
Aberdeen City branch secretary Ron Constable said: “Our primary school members for P1-P3 as well as our secondary school members will have concerns around their safety, particularly as there are now these more transmittable variants when the previous variant was already highly transmissible.