Experts condemn 'folly' of pilot scheme using pupils to staff school libraries

Parents, literacy experts, trade unions, teachers and librarians have spoken out against initiative being trialled by the Scottish Borders council Experts have branded a cost-cutting pilot scheme in Scotland, in which pupil volunteers are replacing school library staff, as "folly" and a false economy. The Scottish Borders council is implementing a trial in three schools - in Galashiels, Hawick and Peebles - that will see secondary school pupils and other volunteers taking on roles in school libr...