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Results Day 2021: Alternative certification should be kept
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Councils have been accused of using government-funded probationer teachers as cheap “cannon fodder” to fill vacancies, fuelling fears that qualified individuals are being displaced and driven to quit. It comes amid growing pressure on ministers to agree a minimum national staffing standard alongside reformed arrangements for providing crucial on-the-job experience. Critics claim the current process is causing significant recruitment problems, with cash-strapped authorities seeking to cut costs by using probationers to fill vacancies that would otherwise be open to their fully-qualified colleagues. The result is that experienced teachers and those who have completed probation face a prolonged struggle to secure permanent work. Many observers fear the situation is pushing increasing numbers away from the profession, particularly in the early phase of their careers.
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Pupil grades are being decided under the alternative certification model, which was drawn up after formal exams were cancelled due to Covid-19. Teachers are facing a flood of malpractice claims from parents who do not believe their children were treated fairly or equally under this year’s alternative certification model (ACM). The warning comes after schools began disclosing grades that will be submitted to the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA). Seamus Searson, General Secretary of the SSTA union, said he had heard that one school in a “well to do” part of the country received 90 complaints last week alone. He also told The Herald there had been a sudden rise in parents and learners making freedom of information (FoI) requests in a bid to identify significant variation or inequities in ACM arrangements.