British teachers want toilet-trained pupils
February 8th, 2012 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 8 (IANS) Many teachers in Britain are fretting and frowning to notice how parents are sending their kids to schools even without toilet-training.Teachers have reported a huge rise ... Read more...
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Bullying girls’ ‘behave worse in classroom than boys’
April 18th, 2011 - 1:54 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 18 (ANI): A survey of teachers has suggested that girls' behaviour in the classroom is worse now than five years ago.According to a poll by the Association of Teachers and ... Read more...
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Teachers in UK to bring back traditional reading tests
November 23rd, 2010 - 6:40 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 23 (ANI): Teachers in Britain are to bring back traditional forms of reading tests after one year of formal schooling.Ministers gave details of the back-to-basics plans, which include ten-minute 'informal ... Read more...
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Brit pupils as young as six subject teachers to sexual abuse
August 16th, 2010 - 4:42 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 16 (ANI): Logs kept by local councils in Britain and just released under the Freedom of Information Act have revealed that pupils as young as six have subjected teachers to ... Read more...
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Almost 100 Brit head teachers ‘earning more than PM’
July 14th, 2010 - 6:40 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 14 (ANI): Close to 100 head teachers could reportedly be earning more than the Prime Minister, teaching unions in UK have said.A primary school head of Tidemill Primary School, Mark ... Read more...
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‘English’ pupils becoming a minority in 1,500 UK schools
April 12th, 2010 - 7:42 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr.12 (ANI): Around one in seven youngsters in primary schools, almost 500,000, do not have English as their first language. In secondary schools the figure stands at 364,000, just over one ... Read more...
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Brit pupils given iPhones to spy on teachers in lessons!
April 2nd, 2010 - 3:27 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 02(ANI): A school in Britain has reportedly provided pupils with iPhones to monitor the performance of their teachers.The unnamed school in Kent insists it is a "quality assurance" programme.Children can ... Read more...
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Rich footballers, pop stars ‘bad role models’ for boys
March 31st, 2010 - 10:59 am ICT by ANI
London, Mar 31 (ANI): Society's obsession with footballers and pop stars, and their wealth is eroding hard work, says the Association of Teachers and Lecturers in the UK.The 29-year-old Chelsea captain ... Read more...
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Middle class parents blamed for ‘buying off’ kids
March 23rd, 2010 - 5:49 pm ICT by ANI
London, March 23 (ANI): Middle class parents have been accused of "buying their children off" with expensive gifts when not able to spend quality time with them.A teaching union leader pointed out ... Read more...
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Kids in modern Britain living in ‘Dickensian poverty’
September 10th, 2009 - 5:31 pm ICT by ANI
London, September 10 (ANI): Kids in the UK receive no better treatment than what orphan Oliver Twist endured in Charles Dickens's novel, a teacher has claimed.Lesley Ward alleged students attended school unable ... Read more...
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‘Wi-fi technology can give children cancer’
April 9th, 2009 - 2:15 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 9 (ANI): Use of wireless internet in schools could cause cancer or make pupils sterile later in life, warn UK teachers.Government investigation has been called for into the biological and ... Read more...
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Teachers brand plans for measuring pupil happiness ”absurd”
March 23rd, 2009 - 6:08 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 23 (ANI): Head teachers have stood up against plans by the British Government to grade schools based on pupil happiness, and have branded them "meaningless" and "absurd".
The Government''s proposals ... Read more...
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‘Nasty schoolgirls’ suspended for abusing teacher on Facebook
January 11th, 2009 - 6:40 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 11 (IANS) Nearly 30 pupils have been suspended from a London high school for posting “deeply insulting” comments about a teacher on Facebook, the social networking website.The girls at the ... Read more...
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Most UK teachers not qualified in specialist subject
June 4th, 2008 - 5:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 4 (ANI): A new survey has revealed that most secondary school teachers in the UK do not have a degree in their own subject.According to the Government-funded survey of ... Read more...
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Children need to learn ‘life skills’ not historical dates, say teachers
March 21st, 2008 - 1:41 pm ICT by admin
London, Mar 21 (ANI): Kids need to be taught life skills instead of key historical dates such as the Battle of Hastings, say the Association of Teachers and Lecturers.According to the ... Read more...
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UK teachers falling prey to classroom violence
March 17th, 2008 - 4:17 pm ICT by admin
London, March 17 (ANI): Increasing classroom violence has victimised about a third of teachers in Britain, according to a new survey.Over half of the teachers surveyed said that their schools ... Read more...
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Beckhams top role models for British kids
March 14th, 2008 - 3:55 pm ICT by admin
London, March 14 (IANS) Superstar couple David and Victoria Beckham are top role models for schoolchildren in Britain, says a new study. More than half the students wanted to be like football ... Read more...
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Cult of celebrity perverting Brit kids aspirations, expectations
March 14th, 2008 - 1:15 pm ICT by admin
London, Mar 14 (ANI): The fixation with celebrity culture among Brit kids has gone to the extent that the youngsters believe that education and hard work are not important in achieving ... Read more...
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