Minister heckled at teachers' conference over pension reform
Activer le mode zenRichard Garner
"Teachers heckled and jeered the Schools minister yesterday as he tried to justify a range of government policies to them.
"Nick Gibb was harangued by delegates at the Association of Teachers and Lecturers' annual conference over government threats to teachers' pensions, cuts in education funding and university tuition fees.
"The heckling at the Liverpool conference started with cries of "Rubbish" and "Not true" after he had claimed of government changes to the teachers' pension scheme: "We don't want to see a race to the bottom in terms of pension provision." One delegate accused Mr Gibb's boss, the Education Secretary, Michael Gove, of "political cowardice" for deciding not to address any of the teachers' union conferences over Easter. When Mr Gibb replied: "Michael's on holiday", there were cries from around the hall of "So are we!""
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"Minister heckled at teachers' conference over pension reform", La Clé des Langues [en ligne], Lyon, ENS de LYON/DGESCO (ISSN 2107-7029), avril 2011. Consulté le 12/10/2024. URL: https://cle.ens-lyon.fr/anglais/archives/archives-revue-de-presse/minister-heckled-at-teachers-conference-over-pension-reform