In Scotland, publicly funded schoolteachers are reducing by 1,000 this year, according to the Scotland Government.
In 2008, there were 53,584 teachers working at pre-school, primary, secondary, and special schools or visiting specialist. This number is 975 fewer as compared to the number of teachers in 2007. However, the numbers of pupils are also falling making the 13:1 child-to-teacher ratio remains the...