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Editor’s Letter
Editor’s letter...
The Conservatives pledged its latest education policy last
month – vowing not to let teachers into the profession with
degrees of less than a 2:2. Conservative leader David Cameron
said the Tories would be “brazenly elitist” when it came to
admissions to the profession, in a similar way to countries
such as Finland and South Korea. While some have pointed
out that less than four per cent of teachers currently working
in the UK actually have a third class degree, The Times Educa-
tional Supplement claims that one in six maths and ICT teach-
ers working today would fail to make it into the classroom
under the reforms proposed by the Conservatives. With some
subjects seriously undersubscribed, would Cameron’s policy
actually make the situation in the UK worse. Or is it about
time that standards were raised?
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