Dumfries and Galloway Council confirmed yesterday that all primary and secondary school will shut for the day.
School nurseries will also be significantly affected by the industrial action and parents are being advised to make other arrangements for their children.
In an official letter to parents, education director Gillian Brydson said: “It is likely that private childcare providers will remain open on this day. We are working with senior staff and managers across Dumfries and Galloway to risk assess the opening of school nurseries.
“I realise this is a difficult time for parents who want certainty at this stage to help them their childcare for next week.”
The national day of strike action over pay will be the first such action in Scotland’s schools for four decades – a clear indication of the current level of anger and frustration amongst teachers.
Member of the EIS voted in favour of strike action at the beginning of the month, with 96 per cent voting in favour of strike action on a turnout of 71 per cent.
EIS general secretary Andrea Bradley said: “Teachers do not take strike action lightly, but have voted to do so in light of the continuing steep real-terms decline in their pay. Politicians who have lauded the invaluable work of teachers throughout the pandemic and during the ongoing period of recovery are now offering teachers a deep real-terms pay cut.
“This will never be acceptable to Scotland’s teachers or to the EIS, and that is why Scotland’s teachers will be taking strike action.”
