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Scottish government criticised for failure to develop robust ventilation system in schools
It is ‘unfathomable’ that staff are having to keep doors and windows open and ask pupils to layer up for a second winter, Scottish Teachers for Positive Change and Wellbeing says
Scottish Health Secretary Humza Yousaf

A TEACHER and trade unionist has criticised the Scottish government for not developing a robust ventilation system in schools almost two years on into the pandemic.

Nuzhat Uthmani, of Scottish Teachers for Positive Change and Wellbeing (STPCW), said that it is “unfathomable” that, for a second winter, staff are having to keep doors and windows open and ask pupils to layer up.

She said that it is “shocking” that ministers are not investing in air-filtration units in schools to help keep them safer from Covid-19 spreading further.

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