Highland MSP speaks out about 'teacher crisis' in Moray

Jun 27, 2016, 05:05 AM

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A Highland MSP is calling on Moray Council to do more to help attract new teachers to the area.

More than 30 posts need to be filled before that start of the new school term, but the local authority says it’s having trouble filling them, with subjects including physics and home economics proving to be the hardest spots to fill in secondary schools.

The council recently teamed up with the University of Highland sand Islands to try and keep more graduates here in the North once they finish their training.

But Labour politician Rhoda Grant says it’s about more than that: