Bringing over teachers cost £468,000 last year
Tuesday 13th September 2011, 2:29PM BST.
NEARLY half a million pounds was spent last year recruiting and relocating teachers and lecturers, the Education Department has revealed.
Recruiting each teacher from off-island could cost £24,000.
And with the Housing Department confirming there are 163 teachers on licences of various lengths handed out during the last 15 years, the total relocation cost probably runs into the millions.
The figures were released after claims made by teacher John Carr (pictured), who is fighting to stay in the island after his licence ran out. He criticised the cost to the States for its perpetual recruitment of staff.
An Education spokesman said it was just one of the States departments which offered the relocation packages.
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“Recruiting each teacher from off-island could cost £24,000″
Well its dropped from £50,000 a few days ago to £24,000 – whats is going to cost in tommorrow’s Guernsey Press?
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“An Education spokesman said it was just one of the States departments which offered the relocation packages.”
What a classic “teflon-shouldered” response by the Education Department. Don’t they teach “just because others do it doesn’t mean it’s right” at school?
With all the recent fiascos not a week goes by when I’m not thankful my child is not yet at school age. I can only hope the current residents at Education are long gone by the time that day comes.
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a lot less if the states instructed education to ACTIVELY ENCOURAGE AND ASSIST LOCAL TEACHERS BACK TO GUERNSEY.
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