teach1st
02-08-2010, 08:51 PM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/8504341.stm
Entry requirements for teacher training in England are too low and damage the status of the profession, the Commons education select committee has said.
The MPs said graduates applying for post-graduate certificate of education (PGCE) courses should have at least a lower second at degree level.
The committee also said teachers should have to hold a licence to practise to "weed out poor performers".
Teaching should also be established as a Masters-level profession in time.
The cross-party Commons education select committee said it was clear "the bar must be raised across the board".
More (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/8504341.stm)
Entry requirements for teacher training in England are too low and damage the status of the profession, the Commons education select committee has said.
The MPs said graduates applying for post-graduate certificate of education (PGCE) courses should have at least a lower second at degree level.
The committee also said teachers should have to hold a licence to practise to "weed out poor performers".
Teaching should also be established as a Masters-level profession in time.
The cross-party Commons education select committee said it was clear "the bar must be raised across the board".
More (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/8504341.stm)