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 jointly consulted on the powers of the General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland. The consultation proposed that the current legislation be repealed and new legislation be introduced to provide independent status for the Council; an extension of its remit to include the registration of FE lecturers as a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 ran from 8 October 2012 to 18 January 2013.
The consultation document is available to download by following the link:
www.delni.gov.uk/index/consultation-zone/gtcni-consultation.htm
An Irish version of the consultation document can be found by clicking on the link below:
