A programme of maintenance and improvement works to schools and nurseries across Dumfries and Galloway has been heavily impacted by a huge increase in the price of building materials.
Dumfries and Galloway Council has scheduled upgrades to its educational buildings, aiming to spend £5m each year for the next three years.
However, education bosses revealed that they have faced several challenges, including delays to construction work and inflationary increases of between 20 percent and 50 percent for building materials.
