The education secretary has hinted a teacher strike could be prevented later this month if "additional funding" is found by the Scottish Government.
Shirley-Anne Somerville said she is "absolutely determined" to find alternative funding for the teacher pay deal after the country's biggest teaching union announced it will walkout.
The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) revealed on Wednesday that 96 per cent of members who voted in the ballot were in favour of industrial action after the union rejected a 5 per cent pay increase in September.
