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John Swinney: cut to teacher training places ‘probably’ went too far

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Holyrood · 1 Jun 2017

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The education secretary said the 2011 intake cut, made because of teacher unemployment, had probably over-corrected.

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Probably over-corrected too far… based on the level of teacher unemployment.
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John Swinney: cut to teacher training places ‘probably’ went too far
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