| Good afternoon, More teachers will be needed across Scotland to help pupils' educational "recovery" from Coronavirus lockdown and offset the "poverty-related" disadvantages in classrooms. The country’s largest teaching union (EIS) has written to all local authorities across Scotland urging them to employ more newly and recently qualified teachers ahead of the planned full-time return of schools in August. Larry Flanagan, of EIS, warned that pupils will need more "counselling, support and nurturing" after a traumatic few months when they have been home schooled as classrooms closed. There have been recent warnings that youngsters from more deprived areas have disproportionately lost out during the schools lockdown, while educational attainment more generally is expected to have suffered. Message from the editor While I have your attention, I also have an important request to make of you. With the coronavirus lockdown having a major impact on many of our advertisers - and consequently the revenue we receive - we are more reliant than ever on you taking out a digital subscription. Subscribe to scotsman.com and enjoy unlimited access to Scottish news and information online and on our app. With a digital subscription, you can read more than 5 articles, see fewer ads, enjoy faster load times, and get access to exclusive newsletters and content. Visit https://www.scotsman.com/subscriptions now to sign up. Our journalism costs money and we rely on advertising, print and digital revenues to help to support them. By supporting us, we are able to support you in providing trusted, fact-checked content for this website. Your feedback is really important, please email me with any comments and suggestions at [email protected] Joy Yates Editorial Director JPIMedia Scotland | 