Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Paul Farrelly (Labour), on Thursday, 24 May 2007, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 65 members in total.

---

HIDDEN COSTS CAMPAIGN FOR TRAINEE TEACHERS

That this House notes the National Union of Students' and the National Union of Teachers' Hidden Costs Campaign, which aims to highlight the hidden costs of doing a teacher training course while creating, defending and extending the budgets in institutions to cover travel, equipment and classroom resources; notes that teacher training students are asked to spend their own money on travel to their placements, equipment like laboratory coats, and school resources like books and toys; believes that this expenditure is essential to the course; further believes that this additional cost burden on students is a barrier to participation and impacts most on those who can least afford it, at a time when the country needs more teachers; and calls on the Government, the Department for Education and Skills and the Training and Development Agency for Schools and higher education institutions to review the practice of charging teacher training students for essential travel, equipment and classroom resources.

---

Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1570 

Session

2006-07

Other sponsors

Paul Robert Holmes

Brian Jenkins

Alan Keen

John Grogan

Roger Williams

Subjects

Costs Teachers Training

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk