SNP 'inaction' blamed by Labour for rising number of violent incidents in Scottish schools

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Scottish Labour has pledged to take a zero-tolerance approach to violence in schools if the party wins power at the next Holyrood election.Pam Duncan-Glancy, the party's education spokeswoman took aim at the Scottish Government today and blamed its "inaction" for a rising number of incidents involving pupils and staff.Figures released by Unison last month found found that 67 per cent of teachers and support staff surveyed by the union said they had encountered general verbal abuse between pupils within a week period - while 59 per cent had dealt with physical aggression and 43 per cent had experienced physical violence between pupils.The Record has led the way in drawing attention to the issue of violence in schools with its Our Kids...

Our Future campaign.It calls for increased resources to protect services relied on by young people, as well as calling on social media giants to clamp down on violent videos filmed in schools being shared online.Speaking at Scottish Labour conference, Duncan-Glancy said: "The SNP’s distraction and inaction has led to our classrooms becoming more like pressure cookers, on the edge of boiling point than the nurturing and safe learning environments that they should be.

And the result? Rising violence and poor behaviour in schools.”The Labour MSP also criticised Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth.She said: "The Cabinet Secretary’s only answers are to come up with a five-point plan, where point one was a promise to come up with a plan and to further insult our excellent teachers, by suggesting the solution is to teach them how to teach by setting up a centre for teacher excellence."An out of touch government, out of ideas and out of control.”She said Scottish Labour’s method to tackle the