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Article: Paedophile fears are driving male teachers from primary schools.(News)
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- September 25, 2009
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Byline: Sarah Harris
MORE than a quarter of state primary schools have no male teachers, partly because they have been deterred from working with young children for fear of being labelled paedophiles, an expert claims.
The result is that thousands of boys are being taught solely by women and have no educational male role models.
The trend is fuelling concerns that a genersociety ation of boys is growing up without an authoritative male figure in their lives.
Teaching remains a predominantly female profession, data published today by the General Teaching Council of England confirms.
Only 123,827, or 25 per cent, of the 490,981 ...