Graduates flock to teacher training as incentives kick in

The Independent - London;  August 8, 2002 ;     359 words ...APPLICATIONS FOR teacher training courses are up 18 per...according to the Graduate Teacher Training Registry (GTTR). In...A spokesman for the Teacher Training Agency said the figures...18 per cent rise for primary schools. Applications in Scotland...been expected as more ...

More Mozambican Girls Enrolled Into Primary Schools

Xinhua News Agency;  December 19, 2000 ;     122 words ...The number of girls in Mozambique's primary schools has been on steady rise over the past three years, said...Nguenha on Tuesday. The enrollment of girl pupils in the primary schools (from grade 1 to grade 5) stood at 42 percent in 1998...The government will allocate more budget for better ...

Male teachers could disappear from primary schools by the end of the...

The Independent - London;  July 31, 1996 ;     126 words ...Male teachers could disappear from primary schools by the end of the century, a senior government official...imbalance in the profession, the chief executive of the Teacher Training Agency, Anthea Millett, said at the Professional Association...family. Female teachers have long outnumbered men in ...

Lack of clarity in course design affects teacher training for those aiming...

M2 Presswire;  October 29, 2004 ;     700+ words ......design affects teacher training for those aiming...planning to teach in primary schools need more experience...School-Centred Initial Teacher Training course (SCITT...plan to teach in primary schools. The focus on...employment in primary schools are ...

Vic: Primary schools want more money from govt

AAP General News (Australia);  March 15, 2001 ;     102 words ......General News (Australia) 03-15-2001 Vic: Primary schools want more money from govt Victorian primary...Bracks government to boost funding for primary schools. Victorian Primary Schools Association President LEX ARTHURSON says...

Facilities in primary schools to be upgraded

New Straits Times;  January 24, 2000 ;     269 words ......Straits Times 01-24-2000 Facilities in primary schools to be upgraded Edition: Main/Lifestyle...aims to upgrade basic facilities in primary schools throughout the country under the Eighth...Multimedia Ministry. He said there were primary schools in some parts of the country still...

7,431 new primary and upper primary schools in UP soon

The Hindustan Times;  June 2, 2008 ;     372 words ......to open 7,431 new primary and upper primary schools across the state in 2008-09. The initiative...include opening of 538 primary and upper primary schools in Allahabad division alone- a step...plan, the target for constructing new primary schools across the state is 3,033 while the...

New teacher training schools brings total to 82 - Morris.

M2 Presswire;  May 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......2001-UK Government: New teacher training schools brings total to...COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:01052001 Teacher training got a boost today as School...and develop innovative teacher training practices including...In all, there will be 6 primary and 22 secondary schools...of 39 ...

Literacy failings blamed on poor teacher training.

The Evening Standard (London, England);  November 28, 2002 ;     700+ words ......improve literacy in primary schools said today it was...Strategy, hit out at teacher training colleges that, he...still weak in too many primary schools. Teachers also still...said that, while some teacher training was at fault, there...experienced. There was one ...

Driving at mini golfers; Louise tees off in new job targeting primary...

Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  April 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......went to college in Crewe to get a teacher training qualification and then taught in...large scale by taking the game into primary schools, initially, using a scheme called...more junior friendly. Louise's teacher training will come into play when she goes...couple of years while ...

MPs seek more funding for primary schools

The Independent - London;  July 14, 1994 ;     474 words ...PRIMARY schools should receive a bigger slice of funding and be...nine-subject national curriculum and higher expectations in primary schools "invalidate the assumption that primary schools can be expected to function with a significantly...

Primary schools devastated by 'moral panic' and 'policy hysteria' harming...

The Independent - London;  April 18, 2008 ;     603 words ...Primary school education has been damaged by "prescriptive...children's learning, the biggest review of primary education in 40 years has concluded. A...theory" has had a devastating effect on primary schools in England, according to the latest reports of the Cambridge University-led Primary ...

Leading Article: Primary schools need more male teachers

The Independent - London;  April 23, 2002 ;     299 words ...THE COMMITMENT being shown by the Government's Teacher Training Agency to increase the number of male teachers in primary schools has to be welcomed. But encouraging as the move is, it may not be that easy to reach the target of a 20 per cent...

Hundreds of primary schools 'at risk'.(News)

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  April 5, 2005 ;     638 words ...Two hundred Welsh primary schools could close within five years...government said policy on closing primary schools in Wales is in sharp contrast...counties where the closing of primary schools is a very controversial and...

FED: Work for the dole in primary schools under threat

AAP General News (Australia);  March 11, 1999 ;     412 words ......11-1999 FED: Work for the dole in primary schools under threat By Rosalind Mathieson...work for the dole participants in primary schools may be torpedoed amid concerns about...allowing people to work for their dole in primary schools. But a report today by the territory...