The Scottish Government is not “digging its heels in” on the months-long dispute over teachers’ pay, Nicola Sturgeon has said.
Her comments came as opposition MSPs said pupils have collectively lost more than two million days of education due to the strikes.
Rolling strike action by the EIS and other unions closed schools around Scotland during January, with further walkouts planned for February and March.
The unions are fighting for a 10 per cent pay rise for teachers – something the Scottish Government insists is unaffordable.
