Question reference: S2W-32120
- Asked by: Donald Gorrie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: 28 February 2007
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Current status: Answered by Robert Brown on 12 March 2007
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to recruit and train more teachers of the deaf.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is committedto having 53,000 full-time teachers in our schools by September 2007.
The Requirements for Teachers(Scotland) Regulations 2005 (Scottish Statutory Instrument 2005/355) require thatwhere an education authority employs a teacher wholly or mainly to teach pupilswho are hearing impaired then that teacher must possess an appropriate qualificationto teach such pupils. Guidance on appropriate qualifications was issued to localauthorities on 30 January 2007.