Hands-on training provided by the Wise Group, in partnership with Glasgow, Renfrewshire and East Ayrshire, is successfully getting people, including long-term unemployed, to train as classroom assistants. The project aims to help achieve the Scottish Executive's target of reducing staff-pupil ratios in primary schools to 15:1. A pilot began in January 1999 with five trainee assistants from Glasgow, and by August 40 trainees were involved. Next session there will be 40 trainees from Glasgow, 13 from Renfrewshire and six from East Ayrshire.
Mrs Berry completed her training earlier this year and now has a full-time job at a local primary school. She said, 'I am a mother of three children and have helped out a lot at my young son's nursery and enjoyed playground duties.
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