Written question WQ96223
- Asked by
- Natasha AsgharConservative
- To be answered by
- Cabinet Secretary for Education
- Tabled
- Due
- Answered
- Time to answer
- 7 days
Question
Will the Cabinet Secretary confirm what help the Welsh Government offers to disabled people who want to pursue a career in teaching?
Answer
Answered by Cabinet Secretary for Education
We welcome applications to programmes of Initial Teacher Education (ITE) from individuals who are registered as disabled.
The Criteria for Accreditation requires ITE Partnerships to ensure that all entrants to ITE Programmes have met the requirements of the Education Health Standards regulations, confirming their health and physical capacity to undertake a teacher’s responsibilities.
Partnerships should also have due regard to the relevant regulations, and to their statutory obligations under the Equality Act 2010. This may require ITE Partnerships making reasonable adjustment or adaptation as necessary to enable an individual to undertake an ITE course, even if this results in more favourable treatment.
Partnerships will need to ensure that selection procedures and policies do not discriminate unfairly against applicants with disabilities or ALN.
Individual Partnerships may offer additional support to disabled students as well as their ability to apply for the Disabled Student’s Allowance that is additional to standard student finance.