Wednesday, April 27, 2005
FOCUS on EDUCATION
EQUIPPING OUR CHILDREN FOR LIFE
Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Charles Kennedy, and Liberal Democrat Shadow Education Secretary, Phil Willis, today guaranteed that in the core subjects of English, Maths, Science, Modern Languages and Information and Communications Technology, all secondary school children will be taught by suitably qualified teachers.
The Liberal Democrats will allocate £230 million over the next Parliament to give additional training to 44,000 teachers in these core subjects.
Currently:
Almost half a million lessons in core subjects are taught by non-specialist teachers;
44,000 teachers who are taking classes are not specialists in that core subject;
1 in 4 Maths teachers have no Maths qualification beyond A-level.
Local Liberal Democrat candidate John Beanse comments: "Equipping our children for life is a vital function of education and this requires suitably qualified teachers."
Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Charles Kennedy, and Liberal Democrat Shadow Education Secretary, Phil Willis, today guaranteed that in the core subjects of English, Maths, Science, Modern Languages and Information and Communications Technology, all secondary school children will be taught by suitably qualified teachers.
The Liberal Democrats will allocate £230 million over the next Parliament to give additional training to 44,000 teachers in these core subjects.
Currently:
Almost half a million lessons in core subjects are taught by non-specialist teachers;
44,000 teachers who are taking classes are not specialists in that core subject;
1 in 4 Maths teachers have no Maths qualification beyond A-level.
Local Liberal Democrat candidate John Beanse comments: "Equipping our children for life is a vital function of education and this requires suitably qualified teachers."
# posted by John Beanse @ 6:35 PM 
