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The policy of the present government - particularly in the light of the recent cuts - has meant a major attack upon and public education.
Despite the Houghton award, the gov, ernment's 10% wage ceiling has caused teachers' real income to be seriously eroded as intlation escalates at about This is particularly true of younger (mainly women)teachers who were penalised under the Houghton pay Continued cut-backs in the educational Duager wien will conunue at least lc 1980) will further affect teachers quotas are cut back, 'natural wastagel not replaced and redundancies created. lhe present unemployment level of over 5,000 is widely expected to rise to the figure of 25, 000 by the end of 1976 and more beyond. Once again, it is younger women trying to 'return' work and immigrant teachers who will bear the brunt of this cut-back.
Reductions in staff will not only hit teachers, however, who will be forced to teach longer in larger classes with less time for lesson preparation. Such a 'deterioration' in staff-pupil ratios in addition, directly harm the educational possibilities or ine mass of pupils - particularly immigrants in nigh industrial areas.
They will be further harmed by the grinding to a halt of the present school building programme and growing lack of adequate facilities which the massive educational cuts, introduced by , will lead to. Pupils will be expected to be educated in out-of-date schools with inadequate facilities in larger classes by over-stretched staff.
To meet this attack, it is urgently necessary to win the NUT to campaign (in united action with other teachers' unions) on a clear programme based on the needs of teachers and the mass of Such a campaign should be proTrom kindercarten rammes. leacners.
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