TEACHING staff are due to strike on Wednesday to demand more funding for their students and their colleges.
National Education Union (NEU) members at Queen Elizabeth 6th Form College will be among nine colleges nationally taking a day of strike action.
Earlier in the month, 25 colleges held strike action to call on the Government to address an overall £700 million shortfall in funding for post-16 education.
These colleges are also joining Wednesday's strike, making a total of 34 venues joining the action across the country.
NEU members will be on strike to secure the funding needed to reverse job losses, class size increases, and cuts to teaching time and curriculum provision.
They also want to sustain fair pay and their conditions and employment.
Julie Ashmore of Darlington branch of the NEU, said: “NEU members at Queen Elizabeth 6th Form College have a very clear message for Government, and their anger is growing. Each day they see the effects of shameful cuts to 16-19 funding, which have gone on much longer and much deeper than in any other school sector."
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