The General Teaching Council for Wales (GTCW) is to be transformed into the Education Workforce Council (EWC) next year. All teachers currently registered with the GTCW will be transferred to the EWC.
The fee for membership has not been set but there are concerns that it could be as high as £78.
A survey by the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) found that teachers were opposed to a hike in membership fees and were sceptical of the benefits of the new body.
Responding to the survey, one unnamed secondary teacher wrote of the fee: “This is a tax on Welsh teachers. What do we get for it? They do not give anything back to the workforce. There is no benefit for individuals. Just another layer of bureaucracy sucking up money. What a waste.”
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