Schools across Renfrewshire will close for another three days as local teachers dub a fifth pay offer "disappointing".
The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS), which represents the bulk of unionised staff, unanimously turned down the latest offer from the Scottish Government and Cosla on Wednesday afternoon.
The offer was for a six per cent pay rise this year, followed by a 5.5 per cent uplift in the 2023/24 financial year.
But EIS general secretary Andrea Bradley called the proposal “another inadequate offer to Scotland’s teachers”.
The union had been demanding a 10 per cent rise this year.
The rejection means national strike action planned for Tuesday, February 28 and Wednesday, March 1 will go ahead.
The walkout will mean Renfrewshire’s 60 schools and two additional support needs schools will be closed for two days.
A further 16 days of rolling action in March will also close Renfrewshire schools for another day if no new offer is accepted before then.
Kenny Fella, the EIS secretary for Renfrewshire told the Paisley Daily Express: "The latest pay offer from the Scottish Government and COSLA is disappointing.
"The additional one per cent on the original five per cent offer for 2022/23 is still well below the CPI inflation figure of 10.1 per cent.
"What is particularly concerning is that this latest offer did not emerge from the recognised negotiating forum, the Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers (SNCT) but was announced instead directly to media outlets.
"The EIS is urging the Scottish Government to adhere to the agreed negotiating forum to allow for meaningful discussions to take place to bring the dispute over teacher salaries to a positive conclusion."
Education secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville had previously said the offer would, if agreed, have seen an overall increase in pay of more than £5,000 over two years for the 70 per cent of classroom teachers who are at the top of their main grade pay scale.
She said: “While union demands for an in-year 10 per cent increase are unaffordable within the Scottish Government’s fixed budget, we have looked for compromise and we have arrived at a deal that is fair, affordable, and sustainable for everyone involved.
“The Scottish Government was supporting this new offer with additional funding of £156 million.”
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