Teaching – A Vital Future

The needs of the immediate future in education are examined by the ex‐Secretary of State for Education and Science. The humanities are being revived but, in the long run, the importance of science and technology cannot be over emphasised; hence the National Curriculum. In order to implement this, the central issue is maintaining a teaching force of higher quality and to this end the various channels for attracting the right people into and back to the profession are reviewed.