Scotland's largest teaching union has rejected the Scottish Government's latest pay offer to avert strikes from taking place later this week, with one union boss describing it as "nothing less than an abject insult".
As school staff carry on preparations to walk out on Thursday, the Scottish Government made a new offer to the EIS (Educational Institute of Scotland) and SSTA (Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association) unions on Tuesday in a bid to prevent industrial action, with the former set to strike this week.
And hours after the deal was put to education unions, NASUWT said its members had backed industrial action in their battle for higher pay.
