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The number of people teaching in England's state schools without QualifiedTeacher Status has risen fivefold in 10 years,figures suggest.
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Data released by the government to the Conservatives shows there were 16
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710teachers in schools without the accreditation last year,up from 2,940 in 1997.Two thirds of those teachers were from overseas.
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The government says most overseas teachers qualified in their countries.
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And all teachers from abroad had to converttheir qualifications to QTS (Qualified Teacher Status) within four years of arriving.Graham Holley
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Chief Executive of the Training and Development Agency forSchools said: "Of the 16, 710 overseas trained teachers in schools last year
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almost athird are already on programmes which will lead them to qualified teacher status.
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This is a good thing,not a bad thing."It is entirely sensible for schools to be able to draw on a pool of skilled teachers,including those who have trained overseas
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where schools judge that they have the rightskills.
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"In any event the number of unqualified teachers has declined steadily for the lastthree years,so we are hardly looking at a growing crisis.'
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