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New Teachers ready for new term
12/08/2005
Education Minister Peter Peacock today met the 107 new
teachers who are about to start their probationary year in
Highland schools.
Mr Peacock and Highland Council's Director of Education
Bruce Robertson joined the induction training day for the
new recruits who are part of almost 3,000 new teachers
across Scotland.
This year's intake of probationers in Highland has
almost doubled as part of the Executive's commitment to
increase teacher numbers to 53,000 by 2007.
Mr Peacock said:
"Despite the fact that school rolls are falling
dramatically, we're increasing the number of teachers in
our classroom - and there's an army of new recruits waiting
in the wings, ready to bring their skills and expertise
into schools.
"These are exciting times for Scottish education - as we
embark on the biggest reform programme for a generation -
and each and every one of these new teachers has a key role
to play to keep our standards of education rising."
Education Minister Peter Peacock with probationary
teachers at an induction training day in Inverness.