Debating the issue of the necessity for teaching qualifications for individuals employed by schools as teachers, the government views are divided, with Mr Gove advocating that academies and free schools may draw on the subject knowledge and passion of people without formal teaching qualifications, while Mr Clegg is of the opinion that schools should employ only qualified teachers to ensure “basic quality standard”.
Educationalists believe that standards are threatened by the absence of a national policy for trained and qualified teachers and trainers.
However, Mr Gove’s department disagrees, stating that state maintained schools should be able to “hire brilliant teachers who have not got qualified teacher status – and have the same advantage that private schools have to bring in great linguists, computer scientists, engineers and other specialists to inspire their pupils”.
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