Thousands of UK teachers set to hold rallies and strike

The strike organized by the two biggest teachers’ unions the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) will affect 3,000 schools.

NUT said part of the striking teachers will also march in protest to the government’s education cuts in the cities of Manchester, Liverpool, Preston and Chester. The two unions said they want the Education Secretary Michael Gove to halt changes to teachers’ pay and conditions as long as the negotiations between the unions and the government over the thorny matters continue .... http://www.presstv.ir