The Education Secretary, Michael Gove, wants to change the national pay rate system for teachers into a locally negotiable salary scale. He states, that depending on the employability in different regions, teacher pay rates should vary. His plan could lead to abolishing national salary scales for teachers and implementing a system of local pay rates for teachers. If it is up to the Education Secretary, a region with low vacancy rates would then offer lower payment to their teachers than regions which are short-staffed. The biggest teaching unions strongly oppose to this plan and have threatened to go on strike.
I think it is ridiculous to submit teaching to the law of supply and demand as if it were a commercial process. Education is a basic right for all children and the Government must facilitate this right towards its citizens. Teachers are a vital link for education and therefore the Department for Education should reward them as public servants, meaning equal pay rates in every part of the UK.
Moreover, teaching is the same in the East, the West or the Middle of the UK, and as a consequence there is no reason whatsoever to assume that teachers should be paid less in either of the regions.
Teachers in regions may be paid less / The Independent / 17 May 2012Moreover, teaching is the same in the East, the West or the Middle of the UK, and as a consequence there is no reason whatsoever to assume that teachers should be paid less in either of the regions.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/teachers-in-regions-may-be-paid-less-7758135.html
I must agree with Inge on this. Every child has a right to get a good education and if teachers need to compete for their salary in regions the quality of the education can not be guaranteed any longer. Good teachers wil move to regions where there are more vacancy rates and a good pay. It is also unfair to the ones that are unable to move and get less paid for the same work as their colleagues in higher vacancy regions.
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