Scotland’s largest teaching union has recommended its members accept the latest pay deal offered by councils and the Scottish Government.
The EIS has suspended all planned strike action and will ballot its members on the new deal.
Following intense discussions, the new offer would see teacher pay rise by £5,200 in April, and would bring to an end more than 12 months of dispute between teachers and their employers, which have seen a number of days lost to strike action.
EIS general secretary Andrea Bradley said: “The view of our negotiators is that this deal represents the best that can be achieved in the current political and financial climate without a much more prolonged campaign of industrial action.
“It is through the determination and collective action of teachers and associated professionals across Scotland, led by EIS members, that we have improved this pay offer from an initial 2% for the current year to 7% for the current financial year, with additional increases of 5% and then 2% within the following financial year.
“This will result in the majority of teachers seeing a 12.3% increase on their current rate of pay by April of this year and by 14% by January 2024.”
The proposals, agreed by council leaders at a meeting of umbrella body Cosla on Friday, would see teachers receive a 7% rise backdated to April last year, a further 5% at the start of this financial year, and another 2% in January next year.
Katie Hagmann, Cosla's resources spokeswoman, said: "Council leaders are clear that it is in all of our interests, not least those of children, young people and families, to conclude the teachers' pay negotiations as quickly as possible and bring back stability and certainty in our schools."
"The new offer follows intense discussions between the unions and Scottish Education Secretary Shirley Anne-Somerville earlier this week, and the Scottish Government said the latest deal would see most teachers' pay packets rise by £5,200 in April.
Ms Somerville said: "We have looked for compromise and we have arrived at a deal that is fair, affordable and sustainable for everyone involved. The Scottish Government is supporting this deal with total funding of over £320 million across this year and next."
She labelled it a "historic offer" which, if accepted, "would see teacher pay increase by 33% from January 2018 to January 2024".
Teachers with the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) were set to walk out in the constituencies of some Scottish Government ministers, including First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, next week as part of their pay campaign.
Twenty days of rolling strikes were then planned by the EIS across Scotland, targeting every local authority north of the border between March 13 and April 21.
The Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association (SSTA) and the NASUWT are also involved in the dispute. The SSTA said it would put the new offer to members next week.
The Association of Headteachers and Deputies in Scotland cancelled its planned participation in further strikes after a majority voted in favour of accepting the last deal put to unions.
Scotland’s Education Secretary has welcomed the suspension of teacher strike action.
In a statement released on Friday evening, she said: “I welcome the EIS’s decision to suspend industrial action while they consider this offer.
“This will end the disruption to learning for our children and young people, particularly in the run up to exams.
“We have worked closely with the unions to compromise and have arrived at a deal which is fair, affordable, and sustainable for everyone involved. The Scottish Government is supporting this deal with over £320 million of funding this year and next.
“I would urge teaching union members to accept this historic pay offer which would see teacher pay increase by 33% since January 2018.
“This is the best and final offer possible and recognises the invaluable contribution teachers make to the lives of our children and young people.”
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