Teachers should halt strikes to keep schools open, says minister

Key Facts

• Media caption, Shirley-Anne Somerville has called for more compromise to end the dispute Teachers should suspend their strike action while pay talks continue to allow schools to stay open, the education secretary has said.
• The education secretary previously said there will be no new pay offer for teachers and that the union's requested 10% pay rise is unaffordable.
• Image source, PA Media Image caption, Members of the EIS union have been campaigning for a 10% pay rise Ms Somerville told BBC Scotland's The Sunday Show that local government body Cosla and the unions "remain some way apart".
• "But I would like to think, for the benefit of children, young people and parents across the country, it wouldn't be too difficult for trade unions to say we absolutely respect children and young people's right to be able to carry out their exam and not have any threats to that hanging over them."

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