More strike days have been announced for January by a teachers union.

The NASUWT has said it will stage a strike over two days on January 10 and 11, the first week schools return after Christmas.

The union said its members will strike in primary schools on January 10 and secondary schools the following day.

It comes after another union, the SSTA, announced last week it was taking strike action on January 11.

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The NASUWT is calling for a 12% pay award and says the current pay offer tabled by ministers and COSLA amounts to a further real-terms pay cut.

It states a decade of pay freezes and below-inflation pay awards have left teachers in Scotland almost £50,000 worse off as a result of their pay failing to keep pace with inflation.

Dr Patrick Roach, NASUWT General Secretary, said: “We have been left with no choice but to call two further days of national strike action as a result of the failure of ministers and COSLA to offer an improved pay offer.

“At a time when teachers are facing the biggest squeeze on their finances in a generation, offering what amounts to a further real-terms pay cut is simply not good enough. 

“Our members are not prepared to stand by while their pay dwindles and their living costs rise.

 “The Government and employers will need to bring forward a substantially improved pay offer if they want to see an end to this dispute.”