By Heather McLean, 5 July 2002 14:15
NEWS UK secondary schools employ a disturbingly high number of IT teachers who have no formal qualification in IT, despite the government's push to get pupils computer literate. Forty-two per cent of IT teachers at secondary schools in the UK have no IT qualification, making them unfit to teach the subject, said Phil Willis MP, Liberal Democrat education spokesman. The survey, conducted by the Liberal Democrat Party, found that one out of every two IT and communications lessons are being taught by under-qualified staff. The staffing survey, which was sponsored by the Secondary Heads Association (SHA) and the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT), was undertaken because the government had failed to conduct its four-yearly curriculum and staffing survey. The government said it did not have the resources available to carry out the survey but Willis countered with the fact that his party had done the research and analysis using just one staff member.
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