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GTC Scotland recognises teacher as a Pioneering Spirit in Equality with Saroj Lal Award
The General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTC Scotland) has awarded the Saroj Lal Award for a Pioneering Spirit in Equality and Diversity to Edinburgh Biology teacher Hardeep Kaur. The Saroj Lal Award celebrates the efforts of GTC Scotland registered teachers who challenge adversity in a bit to promote and facilitate… -
Reiterating our stance on online abuse
In November last year we released a statement in response to online abuse some teachers were faced with for the work they do to tackle discrimination in their schools and local communities. At the time Dr Pauline Stephen, Chief Executive and Registrar said: “Recently, teachers were subjected to abuse online… -
Entries open for Saroj Lal Award for a Pioneering Spirit in Equality and Diversity
The Saroj Lal Award was created to identify and celebrate the efforts of colleagues who demonstrate a pioneering spirit, determination and challenge adversity in a bid to promote and facilitate a culture and ethos of equality and diversity and actively challenge discrimination. -
GTC Scotland’s work to uphold trust in the teaching profession highlighted in annual report
GTC Scotland, the teaching profession’s independent registration and regulation body, has published our Annual Report and Financial Accounts and Annual Review for 2021-22. This penultimate report from the refreshed Strategic Plan 2020-2023, highlights the work undertaken in the year to April 2022, in pursuit of four strategic outcomes: 1. Upholding… -
Provisional professional standard for college lecturers approved; new transitional route to GTC Scotland registration opens
The General Teaching Council for Scotland’s (GTC Scotland) Council has approved the Standard for Provisional Registration (Lecturers in Scotland’s Colleges), providing a new transitional route to registration for a defined group of college lecturers who do not yet hold a GTC Scotland-recognised teaching qualification, or the equivalent for those qualified… -
GTC Scotland sets out vision of Trusted Teaching in draft Strategic Plan 2023-2028
GTC Scotland, the teaching profession’s independent registration and regulation body, has set out its vision of Trusted Teaching in its draft five-year strategic plan. The organisation’s role is to keep a public register, and set and regulate the standards for entering and remaining in the teaching profession. It was created… -
Teachers recognised as Pioneering Spirits in Equality and Diversity, share GTC Scotland’s Saroj Lal Award
This year’s General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTC Scotland) Saroj Lal Award for a Pioneering Spirit in Equality and Diversity is shared between two inspirational teachers, Catherine (Katie) D’Souza and Carrie McWilliam. Katie, a primary teacher in Port Glasgow, and Carrie, an English teacher in Aberlour, are truly pioneers for… -
GTC Scotland announces first BME Council Convener
Khadija Mohammed has been elected as the new GTC Scotland Council Convener. Iain Macmillan has been elected as Vice Convener.