
Scotland’s main teaching union has agreed to hold a ballot on boycotting the development of the new curriculum.
Delegates at the EIS conference in Perth said the Curriculum for Excellence changes were being brought in too quickly, increasing workloads and damaging pupils’ learning.
The vote on boycotting the curriculum will be held in November.
The Scottish government hopes the curriculum will broaden learning and give teachers more freedom.
Introducing the boycott motion to conference, Michael Dolan, from West Dunbartonshire, said changes to the curriculum, teaching methodologies, assessment methods and reporting on pupils’ progress to parents were “all too much”.
Teachers are being “asked to plan for changes before anyone can tell us where we are going”.
He said: “It’s all too much and there’s not enough support and time to evaluate the effects and implications of the changes. We do need to be given proper time and resources to implement changes.
“In education, we can’t afford to get it wrong. We can’t experiment with the education of a generation of young people.”
A separate motion to suspend the Curriculum for Excellence because of massive cuts to education was also carried by union members.
A similar motion was passed by conference last year.
EIS members also approved a motion to demand that the Scottish government increases the amount of money it is spending on its Curriculum for Excellence.
The motion said the government should set aside “adequate resources” needed to implement the changes.
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