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Scottish teacher numbers fall to record low

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BBC Scotland · 8 Dec 2010

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One in six newly qualified teachers had a full-time permanent job, down from 64% five years earlier. EIS called it creeping casualisation.

People named: Mike Russell, Des McNulty, Anthony Finn

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Creeping casualisation.
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Scottish teacher numbers fall to record low
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GTCS survey (not the school census)
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