NASUWT: Festering frustration has led to call to abolish GTC
The Annual Conference of the NASUWT, the largest teachers’ union, has today voted to campaign to abolish the General Teaching Councils in England and Wales.
Chris Keates, General Secretary, said:
“The festering frustration against the GTCs today came to a head.
“The decision to campaign for outright abolition was inevitable.
“The NASUWT has warned the GTCs to reform, and to focus on their regulatory function and they have failed to do so.
“Teachers need regulatory bodies that add value to the profession, that raise it’s status and act in the interests of the public.
“These GTCs have failed on all counts. They have to go.”
ENDS
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Notes to Editors
A copy of the progress of the NASUWT Campaign on the Code of Conduct & Practice is available from the Press Office.
Please find full details of the motion below.
GTCE CODE OF CONDUCT
Conference is deeply concerned about the General Teaching Council for England’s recently introduced Code of Conduct and Practice for Registered Teachers (CCPRT).
Conference congratulates the National Executive for the leadership it has demonstrated in opposing the CCPRT.
Conference believes that the CCPRT was developed on the basis of a fundamentally flawed process and is a monumental waste of money.
Conference calls upon the National Executive to continue its unstinting opposition to such an unjust and unfair attack on teachers that:
(i) intrudes into teachers’ personal lives;
(ii) is riddled with vague statements, such as those in clauses 4.3, 6.6, 8.4 and 8.5 and
(iii) puts teachers’ careers at risk.
Conference instructs the National Executive to continue to campaign, using all appropriate measures, including industrial action, to:
(a) secure the removal of the above clauses and
(b) strongly rebut any inappropriate use of the CCPRT
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