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Liz Petley
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>From: Chapman Valerie <[log in to unmask]>
>Organization: Worcester College of Higher Educ.
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>Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 14:45:54 +0000
>Subject: Fitness to teach
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>I would be grateful for people's views on the aspect of DfEE
>Circular 13/93 . (Copy below). regarding Fitness to Teach and
> its relationship to the Disability Dicrimination Act.
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>"Physical & Mental Fitness to Teach During Training
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>If a student's health detiorates during training, the student should
>be informed of any doubts about his or her fitness to teach and the
>facts should be recorded confidentially by the institution's medical
>adviser and made available to a prospective employer's medical
>adviser on request. Where a student..
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>* becomes temporarily or permanently disabled or
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>* has a progressive disability
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> and wishes to continue into teaching, the institution should
>consider with the student whether particular help, as in para 6
>might enable the student to meet career goals. The medical adviser
>to the institution should , with the student's knowledge, report the
>existence of health doubts to the Department's Medical Adviser when
>submitting returns of students successfully completing their
>courses. The Secretary of State may exercise the power conferred on
>him (her?) by Regulation 10(2)(b) of the Education (teachers)
>Regulations 1993 to award a successful stuendt qualified teacher
>status, but to direct, om medical grounds, that he or she should
>not be emplyed as a teacher, or employed as a teacher subject to
>specified conditions."
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>Val Chapman
>Worcester College of Higher Education
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Elizabeth Petley ([log in to unmask])
Assistant Registrar
Aston University
0121 359 3611 x4807
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