Public services union Unison has rounded on the Scottish Executive for failing to take into account the role of poorly-paid school support staff when it kicked off its national debate on the future of education. Unison's Scottish convener Joe Di Paola complained that the pack and video the Executive distributed as part of the consultation process had ignored classroom assistants, cleaners, nursery nurses and other support staff. In its response to the debate the union said it was campaigning for higher status for nursery nurses and term-time-only staff and against the private finance initiative to build and run new schools.
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