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THE PETITION - Families Campaign for Schools to recruit more Male Teachers.
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FRUS - We are still constructing this Campaign Page, many
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There is a major shortfall of male teachers in our schools, for almost two decades successive goverments have failed to recruit more men into teaching.
It’s extremely important that School are offering children a education taught by a workforce that is representative of our diverse society, both in terms of gender and ethnic background.
Many children lack a stable male influence in the home. Evidence suggests that boys in particular will benefit enormously from positive male role models at school, both in terms of future behaviour and academic attainment – and research carried out by the Training and Development Agency for Schools shows that both pupils and parents want to see more male teachers in the classroom. National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT), said: "Sadly, with the state of play with the numbers of single parent families, there is increasingly a need for a male role model for young people. Please sign the Petition Families Campaign for Schools to recruit more male teachers. TWO DECADES AGO!, men made up four in every ten teachers. Fathers Campaign for Schools News Year 2010/Quarter of primary schools have no male teachers: Fears over vanishing role models as trend worsens Source: Daily Mail Year 2009/Parents are calling for more men to become teachers because they fear their children lack male role models, research showed yesterday. Source: Daily Mail Year 2002/The commitment being shown by the Government's Teacher Training Agency to increase the number of male teachers in primary schools has to be welcomed. But encouraging as the move is, it may not be that easy to reach the target of a 20 per cent increase in trainees by this September. Source: Independent Year 2000/Recruiting more male teachers in primary school could help to tackle the long-term underachievement of boys, says the Schools Minister Estelle Morris. Source: BBC |
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The Petition Families Campaign for Schools to recruit more male teachers. |
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