NASUWT local secretary Caroline Bowker says the review offers no answers to the questions that it raises. (0519539)
PEOPLE feel almost cheated by the results of the education management review, according to one teaching union representative.
Since its release on Friday, Dr Trevor Robinson’s investigation has drawn a mixed reaction. Civil servant union Prospect and the department have taken it as a vindication of the work done by management, but critics have called it a whitewash.
NASUWT local secretary Caroline Bowker said the results of the review had caused concern.
‘All in all, I, like many others, feel almost cheated by the outcome of the review and its lack of clarity but I certainly hope that it will lead to significant and necessary changes which will enable those at the sharp end to continue the good work with our children and to feel valued and supported,’ she said.
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There appears to be an agenda amongst certain individuals within the teaching profession to settle personal scores. Education management on this Island are all working for the benefit of the children first and the teachers who teach them. This is the way it should be and any teachers who feel differently need to consider there position within the profession, in my humble opinion…
MPB
You are entitled to your view as are others. What you are not entitled to say is that those who do not agree with your view should consider their position withing the profession.
Mrs Bowker is correct in her assessment of the review and its impact.
The review was about the management of education and apart from saying that things could not continue, the whole document reads like a classic consultants sales pitch, with the sting in the tail that the client pays for the sales pitch.