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Teachers will strike in two local authorities per day from 16 January until 6 February.

Teachers have begun 16 days of rolling strikes with a further 22 days of action announced for spring

Members of the Educational Institute of Scotland will strike in two local authorities per day from 16 January until 6 February.Teachers want a 10% uplift, which ministers and councils have said is unaffordable.The EIS recently announced a further 22 days of extra strikes between 13 March and 21 April.

This round of action will be more complicated, with different schools in each local authority hit over three days - primaries on the first day, all schools on the second and secondaries on the third.Education Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville has said she remained committed to a "fair and sustainable pay deal".

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