UK govt.’s teaching devaluation rapped

The UK Department for Education (DfE) announced that academies will be given power to hire anyone they think would succeed in the classroom, even those who do not have a formal teaching qualification.

However, Christine Blower, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) condemned the move as “a cost-cutting measure that will cause irreparable damage to children’s education.”

“The [UK] Government has no credible argument for removing the requirement for academies to employ qualified teachers, so chooses instead to bury this decision in the hours leading up to the Olympics opening ceremony,” she said.

Chris Keates, general secretary of the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT), also warned that the Education secretary Michael Gove’s decision to scrap the qualified teacher status (QTS) requirement would deprive children of their right to be taught by skilled teacher.

Furthermore, a poll conducted last year by the NUT found that 89 percent of parents prefer their child to be taught by a qualified teacher, compared to just 1 percent of adults who believe unqualified people should teach students.

Meanwhile, figures released by the Higher Education Statistics Agency on July 27 showed that over 20,000 graduates were still out of work six months after they graduated from university this year. The study also found that more than 10,000 graduates struggling to find work were forced to take unskilled jobs such as cleaning, caretaking or administrative work in schools.

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