Two Thirds of Teachers Have No Training on LGBTI Issues, Says Survey

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01/09/2019

More than two thirds of teachers in Scotland have no recent grounding in LGBT+ issues, according to a new survey. The results of the research, released by Scotland’s government to TES following a Freedom of Information request, found that 70 percent of teaching staff had receiving no training on LGBT+ issues in the last five years. Over 300 teachers filled out the survey, which found that one quarter of respondents said no training on the LGBT+ community was offered by their local authority.

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