When we look beyond the issue of accessibility to the quality of education our children receive -- after all it should be fit for purpose -- the region has among the lowest education requirements for teachers, with 50% of countries requiring lower secondary school teachers to have completed no higher than a secondary education (so teachers have barely more education that their students).

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At a meeting with independent school head teachers, the Higher Education Minister, Margaret Hodge, confirmed the government was trying to find "more sophisticated" measures than simply setting quotas for the number of students admitted from state schools.

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Scottish primary school teachers should have the equivalent of a science Higher before they enter the profession, according to a group of experts.

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We have also taken the lead in fighting for the resources students need to meet higher standards, high-quality professional development for teachers, and after-school and summer-school schemes to help children who may be falling behind.

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Lecturers from the School of Education in the Solomon Islands College of Higher Education were trained during this project to provide in-service teacher training for primary school teachers.

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