Input from SADTU

The following input draws heavily on the paper presented by the joint teacher unions to the Minister of Education in September 2008 at Birchwood, whilst trying to place the issues raised in a wider context and to cover subsequent developments.

I. The background

Teacher unions have been calling for a national strategy and plan for teacher development since 1994. The main reasons for this are:

• The fact that a substantial minority of teachers were unqualified or under-qualified.