Careers:TRAINING

A paper explaining the criteria by the Department of Education & Science in considering the restructuring of the teacher training system during the present period of contraction has been circulated to members of the Advisory Committee on the Supply and Training of Teachers (ACSTT). The paper recalls that Government policy requires teacher education to be firmly integrated with other higher education. This means that where practicable it should be in major institutions with a significant general higher educational role, with initial and in‐service teacher education being closely related. There should therefore be as good a geographical spread of teacher training institutions as is compatible with overall numbers. To enable the teaching force to become a an all‐graduate profession, the teacher training institutions should be of sufficient academic standing to secure validation of courses and attract well qualified students.