Google partners with Teach First to train ICT teachers

Google has joined forces with educational charity Teach First to support the training of more than 100 Teach First ICT and science teachers over the next three years. The partnership is a response to the severe shortage of ICT and science teachers, and will place teachers in schools in challenging circumstances. They will seek to get pupils from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds enthusiastic about ICT and open students’ eyes to the possibility of a career in science. The first 34 teachers trained through the new initiative will start working in classrooms in September this year. Google will also provide each teacher with a bursary with which to buy innovative teaching aids.... read more

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