Academics are set to strike throughout Stirling subsequent month as a part of an ongoing dispute over pay.
The commercial motion, introduced by the EIS union, will see lecturers stroll out on 16 separate days by January and February and follows comparable motion final week - the primary of its sort in Scotland in 40 years.
Strikes pressured the closure of virtually all state-run colleges throughout the Scottish mainland, with nurseries, primaries and secondaries in Stirling all shutting their doorways.
The most recent spherical of motion will see lecturers in Stirling stepping out on to the picket traces on January 24 together with their colleagues in East Renfrewshire.
In the meantime, their counterparts in Clackmannanshire will go on their strike day on February 1.
Following final week’s strike, a Stirling EIS member instructed the Observer: “Stirling’s lecturers picketed a variety of bigger primaries and all secondary colleges on Thursday – the primary nationwide day of business motion by lecturers in 40 years.
“That is a completely unknown and alien state of affairs for lecturers, with strike motion an absolute final resort and it's a direct consequence of the dismissive angle of the Scottish authorities and COSLA.
“Stirling’s lecturers additionally attended rallies in each Glasgow and Edinburgh to press the message residence to our employers, such is the depth of feeling.
“A contented staffroom equals a contented classroom: high quality instructing circumstances lead on to high quality studying circumstances – this isn’t rocket science and it’s shameful our employers are selecting to disregard that elementary reality.
Asserting the newest motion, EIS Normal Secretary Andrea Bradley mentioned: “The EIS will transfer forward with our beforehand introduced two further days of nationwide strike motion in January.
“We will additionally now verify that Scotland’s lecturers will strike on sixteen consecutive days in January and February, with lecturers in two native authorities on strike on every of those sixteen days.”
“We've got been pressured into the escalation of this motion by the dearth of willingness to barter correctly and to pay lecturers correctly, by a authorities that claims it wished to be judged on its document on schooling.
“The judgement of Scotland’s lecturers on the matter of pay is evident, with the primary programme of nationwide strike motion that we've got engaged in for 4 a long time.
“It's now for the Scottish Authorities and COSLA to resolve this dispute, and stop additional strike motion, by coming again to the negotiating desk with a considerably improved pay supply for all of Scotland’s instructing professionals.”
In response to final week’s motion, Schooling Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville branded the union’s requires a ten per cent pay rise as “unaffordable” and backed the newest pay supply made to lecturers.
Ms Somerville mentioned: “That is now the fourth supply that has been made. In the identical time EIS haven't modified their request for a ten per cent pay enhance – even for these on the best incomes.
“I've been clear that we've got restricted room for manoeuvre.
“The monetary state of affairs for the Scottish Authorities is difficult and extra cash for trainer pay means decreased public companies elsewhere.”