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Professor Young said "the working group will be set up in February, and its first task will be to review the case for setting up a General Teaching Council with official legislative backing."

Terms of reference of the Working Group are:

(1)

(2)

(3)

to review background to and the need for the establishment of a General Teaching Council;

depending on the outcome of the review at (1) above, to make proposals regarding the establishment of a statutory Council including its objectives, powers and duties, membership criteria and governance arrangements; and

to submit recommendations to the Education Commission as soon as possible on Terms of Reference (1) and by the end of 1995 on Terms of Reference (2).

"We had a slide presentation from the Secretary of the Commission, Mr Chris Godwin, on the 'knowledge revolution', which stimulated a very lively discussion of education reform issue. This will be a useful lead- in to our discussion of the reviews of compulsory and post-compulsory education at the next meeting," said Professor Young,

"The Commission will begin these reviews as soon as possible, bearing in mind the need to complete the current three studies," Professor Young said.

"One key feature of the reviews is that we shall try to stimulate wide discussion and debate on the key issues among all relevant advisory bodies, executive agencies, educational bodies, and parents' and employees' organisations.

"We hope in this way to develop ideas form the bottom up, working together with front-line educators and other interested people."

End/Monday, January 23, 1995