Nick Gibb heckled by teachers in Liverpool

[LeftishBrit]

SCHOOLS minister Nick Gibb was heckled and jeered by teachers in Liverpool as he attempted to justify a range of government policies.

Delegates at the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) annual conference in the BT Convention Centre harangued Mr Gibb as he addressed issues from pensions to tuition fees and funding cuts.

His speech came the day after ATL members backed a resolution calling for a ballot on strike action over pensions changes and emotions were running high as he attempted to allay concerns about the proposals.

As Mr Gibb told delegates: “I fully understand the strength of feeling on this,” and said teachers’ pensions remain a priority, he was greeted by shouts of “no you don’t”, “rubbish” and calls for evidence of the Government’s need for changes.



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[non sociopath skin]

1. That would be the "moderate" teachers' union, yes?

Meanwhile at the NUT Conference, Sarah Teather (in her absence) got a right royal bollocking for her recent Green Paper on Special Educational Needs, which essentially recommends making SEN provision a separate, privatised service - thus removing kids with learning and/or behavioural problems fron the system so that they won't interfere with the League Tables.

Despicable.

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