Rise in Public Sector Workers Retraining As Teachers

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The number of public sector workers applying to re-train as teachers has more than tripled in the last two years, figures show.

Applications to the Transition to Teaching scheme have risen more than three times the 2009 figure from 60 to 193. The increase in former public sector workers is even more significant when compared 2008, which saw just eight people signed up. The programme, run by the Training and Development Agency (TDA) for Schools, promotes teaching among high-performing public sector employees and now works with almost 300 public organisations, up from just 49 in 2008.

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Rise in Public Sector Workers Retraining As Teachers

Graham Holley, chief executive of the TDA...

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