tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7049208109612299827.post3536589853249089882..comments2023-12-06T23:58:59.189+00:00Comments on ffranc sais: Suggestions for expenditure cutsFrank Littlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12447989626809704972noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7049208109612299827.post-5047569291449199022010-06-13T14:40:48.414+01:002010-06-13T14:40:48.414+01:00A Review of Initial Teacher Training Provision in ...A Review of Initial Teacher Training Provision in Wales was written for WAG back in Jan 2006. Produced by John Furlong et. al. by the University of Oxon, Dept, of Educational Studies. <br /><br />Quite a comprehensive document in which on of the many recommendations was to reduce the number of ITT Colleges in Wales to three by September 2010, specifically: <br /><br />Recommendation 5 That the Welsh Assembly Government, HEFCW and providers plan for a<br />reduction, in the next five years, of numbers of ITT targets so that they more closely match the<br />numbers of NQTs required in Wales. In primary, the initial plan should be for a reduction of 50% of<br />2005 provision and, in secondary, 25%. Plans should be revised, year on year, between now and 2010<br />as more precise information on supply and demand becomes available.<br /><br />Recommendation 8 That Wales should move over the next five years to an entirely postgraduate<br />entry route for teaching and that the BA (Education) degree in Wales should be phased out.<br /><br />Recommendation 14 That Wales should establish three main Schools of Education and that HEFCW<br />should, in the future, assign ITT numbers to each of these three Schools with a view to ensuring<br />strong, regionally based provision that meets the national need.<br /><br />Recommendation 16 That the three Schools of Education should be as follows: the North and<br />Central Wales School of Education; the South East Wales School of Education; the South West Wales<br />School of Education.<br /><br />Recommendation 17 That the Welsh Assembly Government provides indicative ITT numbers for a<br />restructured sector by April 2006 and that HEFCW draws up a plan for the distribution of these<br />numbers by June 2006. That the new Schools of Education are required to come forward with detailed<br />plans for their new Schools, including funds needed to support the reconfiguration, by June 2007.<br /><br />Recommendation 18 That the reconfiguration of the sector is complete by September 2010.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com