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All teachers who want to work in Catholic schools will have to seek personal approval from the Church under confidential plans drawn up by Scotland's largest local authority.
The move in Glasgow marks a significant escalation in the rights of the Catholic Church over the employment or promotion of teachers in Catholic schools on the grounds of their "religious belief and character". There has already been a furious backlash to the proposals from officials at the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS), Scotland's largest teaching union, who believe it flouts employment regulations.
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