Scotland's Children's Coalition Urges Government for Additional Support

0:00European news powered by AI. This is Year of News today. I'm Corey with the story. A children's coalition in Scotland is urging the government to boost resources for vulnerable kids with additional support needs as specialists. Teacher numbers have declined over the past decade. Recent figures show a slight uptake from 2837 additional support needs teachers in 2024 to 2. 1,864 in 2025. Still, that's well below the 3038. From 2015, even as these pupils now represent a record, 43% of the student body, this is stretched teachers thin, with each now supporting the equivalent of 105 pupils up from just 50-10 years ago. The coalition warns that mainstream classrooms can't meet these rising demands without more specialists, psychologists, and classroom aides, risking a, lost generation of kids without proper care. They're pressing all political parties to make this a key election focus. As pupil numbers keep climbing, the call for urgent investment grows louder with the Scottish government yet to respond.