Primary School Teachers (Gender Balance)

Part of Women and Equality – in the House of Commons at 10:30 am on 3 December 2009.

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Photo of Vera Baird Vera Baird Solicitor General, Attorney General's Office 10:30, 3 December 2009

It is very important, though, is it not, to try to encourage male role models into primary schools? A lot of families do not have fathers at home, and it is incredibly important to have a male role model at that age. The broader welfare of children in our primary schools requires that we try to make some effort to redress this imbalance, and the Training and Development Agency for Schools is doing some of that work. I hope that the positive action provisions will be seriously taken up and used to very good effect.