Unfounded allegations against teachers 'need to be tackled'
Date posted: 16 Aug 2010
Further efforts need to be made in order to address unfounded allegations which are submitted against UK teachers, according to one NASUWT expert.
Published by Alison Gamble.
It is important that the unfounded allegations UK teachers sometimes experience are tackled, an expert believes.
According to the NASUWT general secretary Chris Keates, most allegations that school pupils make turn out to be false.
As a result, Mr Keates commented: "More work needs to be done to tackle this issue, which continues to devastate teachers' personal lives and professional careers."
The expert noted that it is not only the professional reputation of a teacher that may be put in jeopardy as a result of inaccurate allegations.
He pointed out that their health can also be negatively impacted as a result of claims which later turn out to be untrue.
Figures published by BBC News earlier this month suggested that 2009 saw allegations of misbehaviour levelled at as many as 1,700 school employees.
Due to these allegations, dismissals or resignations followed in a total of 143 cases, the news provider revealed.
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