EXCLUSIVE: Local authorities fear the policy on learning hours could lead to cuts elsewhere in already stretched education budgets
Council chiefs have hit out at Scottish Government plans to impose a minimum number of “learning hours” for school pupils.
Ministers responded with plans to set the number of learning hours at 950 hours for primary schools and 1045 for secondaries per school year. Council chiefs claimed the Government had initially wanted to ‘freeze’ the length of the school week as it stands, but is now proposing a standardised system across the country.The COSLA paper stated: “The introduction of regulations to prescribe minimum learning hours would represent a further infringement on the autonomy and democratic mandate of local authorities.
The paper added: “It may see disproportionate cuts fall upon the other vital services in order to maintain the new duties. "The Scottish Government and local authorities must work together to properly support and fund education in our schools, so that all young people have an equal opportunity to learn, thrive and achieve at school.”
Labour MSP Mark Griffin said “Councils are at breaking point after years of cuts under the SNP and the Greens, and schools are paying the price.
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