As part of proposed reforms of the teacher training system in England, graduates with first-class honours degrees will be able to get bigger financial incentives to teach subjects seen as vital to pupils’ future career prospects, such as maths, physics, chemistry, biology and foreign languages.
Students awarded a 2:1 or 2:2 at university will be eligible for smaller bursaries and ministers will refuse to fund teacher training courses for students with third-class degrees.
Education Secretary Michael Gove wants to raise the profile of the teaching profession, amid fears that English schools are falling behind those in other nations. Mr Gove said: "If we want to have an education system that ranks with the best in the world, then we need to attract the best people to train to teach, and we need to give them outstanding training. We have some excellent teachers in this country, but many who could make a huge difference in the lives of children choose other professions.”
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