Teachers using own cash for classroom essentials, says NASUWT

Teachers are digging into their own pockets to provide basic classroom resources and essentials for their pupils, a survey has found. The results, which were released by the NASUWT teaching union as delegates gather for its annual conference in Belfast, came from responses from 4,386 teachers. Some 20 percent of teachers said they buy lesson resources with their own money once a week, and 12 percent said they did so more often. Stationery, arts and crafts materials and books were the most
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