Education president seeks details of teachers' concerns
EDUCATION president Paul Le Pelley has pledged to dig deeper into teachers' concerns after it was revealed that almost two-thirds had thought of quitting in the last year.
The figure was revealed in a survey by the NASUWT union.
'As a former teacher, I can testify that teaching is a challenging but ultimately extremely rewarding career and I know that we have many excellent, dedicated teachers working in all areas across our service ensuring our children and young people are able to reach their full potential and I thank them for that,' said Deputy Le Pelley.
'As for the number considering leaving the profession, yes, that is a worry and it is important that we are able to dig down into the detail of why they are thinking of leaving so that we can see what we can do to support them.
'I understand that their concerns relate generally to pay and conditions rather than confidence in the system, but again we need to be able to dig down into the detail of the responses to find out why.'
The committee was happy to listen to the concerns of staff however they were expressed, he said.
'Officers have already had an extremely positive meeting with representatives of the NASUWT and I am encouraged at the messages given publicly by the union representatives that they want to work in partnership with us to address their members' concerns,' said Deputy Le Pelley.
