Part of 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education – in the Senedd at 1:46 pm on 17 October 2018.
Thank you very much, Llywydd. Minister, teachers in schools are to receive a pay rise of 3.5 per cent, or up to 3.5 per cent, but we will have a situation then where teachers teaching sixth-form pupils in schools will receive a pay rise, whilst those teaching sixth-form students in further education colleges won’t receive a corresponding pay rise. Now, I’m not going to ask you to intervene in the current negotiations, but, as a point of principle, do you agree that we need to ensure fair play in terms of salary to teachers in FE colleges, as compared to those in schools?