70% of UK Black / minority Teachers 'Failed by Profession' NASUWT launches 'Act For Racial Justice' campaign The Morning Star, London, 30 November 2015 Seven in 10 teachers from black and minority ethnic (BME) backgrounds believe schools fail in making recruitment and promotion opportunities equal, union NASUWT said at the weekend. Hundreds of BME teachers gathered for the NASUWT conference in Birmingham on Saturday where delegates discussed racism and professional development. A shocking 73 per cent of the teachers polled during the meeting said that they witnessed or had been subjected to racism from pupils, parents or colleagues in the last year. A third said their views are often ignored, and 24 per cent said they feel isolated and excluded from others at work. Discrimination is "rife" in schools and the government is to blame for "creating a climate in which equality and the rights of workers are seen as unimportant," NASUWT general secretary Chris Keates said. "It is for this reason NASUWT has launched the Act For Racial Justice campaign to expose and challenge these issues." Four-fifths of delegates said that schools do not support BME pupils enough in their studies compared to white students. From: http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-9675-70-of-BME-teachers-failed-by-profe ssion#.VlvDRXYrK00 -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
