Proposals to widen the powers of the General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland and extend its remit to include the Further Education sector
Proposals to widen the powers of the General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland and extend its remit to include the Further Education sector.
Consultation start date: Monday, 8 October 2012
Consultation end date: Friday, 18 January 2013 at 5:00pm
The Department for Employment and Learning and the Department of Education are jointly consulting on the powers of the General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland. This consultation proposes that the current legislation be repealed and new legislation be introduced to provide independent status for the Council; an extension of its remit to include the registration of FE lecturers as a separate, distinct staff grouping in its own right; and the widening of its disciplinary powers to include disciplinary orders short of prohibition from teaching.
The consultation will run from 8 October 2012 to 18 January 2013.
This document is available to download by following the link below or by writing to:
www.delni.gov.uk/index/consultation-zone/gtcni-consultation.htm
FE Policy and Strategic Development BranchDepartment for Employment and Learning
Room 203
Adelaide House
39/49 Adelaide Street
BELFAST
BT2 8FD Tel: 028 9025 7567 E-mail: fepolicy@delni.gov.uk
An Irish version of the Consultation document can be found by clicking on the link below:
