Female teachers 'still finding it hard to gain top school jobs'
Date posted: 16 Sep 2010
Female teachers are still having difficulties getting top secondary school jobs, according to a NASUWT expert.
Published by Alison Gamble.
Top jobs in the country's secondary schools are still proving quite tricky for some female teachers to attain, an expert has suggested.
According to the NASUWT general secretary Chris Keates, some women working within the UK's education sector may be facing a glass ceiling at the moment.
Discussing the present situation, she stated: "Women will get some of the top jobs in smaller primary schools but the big secondary school jobs, which have consequently the higher pay, tend to still go to men."
Ms Keates pointed out that men may wrongly be appointed to certain positions over women because they are seen to be stricter when it comes to the issue of discipline.
However, this is not necessarily the case in reality, she added.
Ms Keates made her remarks during this week's Trades Union Congress, which is set to be staged in Manchester until tomorrow (September 16th).
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