Mr Gwyn Jones, Welsh committee chairman of the National Union of Teachers, said the education authorities should “pay for more supervisors or face the consequences. Their own attitude was largely to blame for the trouble at some schools this week.
His views, shared by most teachers in Wales, was that for too long the authorities have taken advantage of teachers’ willingness to work for nothing.
The teachers reject suggestions that they have a moral obligation to supervise school meals. They say that it is only because of the dedication that school authorities have been able to “shirk” their responsibilities for so long.