Citation and operation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Welsh Medium Teacher Training Incentive Supplement) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 1st September 1988.

Interpretation

2. In these Regulations:-

"training supplement" means a grant made in pursuance of these Regulations;

"holder" means a person in receipt of a training supplement;

"qualified teacher" means a person who, in pursuance of the Regulations(2) relating to the employment of teachers from time to time in force under section 27 of the Education Act 1980(3), is qualified to be employed as a teacher at a school to which that section applies;

"course of initial teacher training" means a course for the initial training of teachers in schools which has been approved by the Secretary of State under paragraph 2(a) or 2(b)(i) of Schedule 5 to the Education (Teachers) Regulations 1982.

Payment of Training Supplements by the Secretary of State

3. The Secretary of State is hereby authorised, subject to and in accordance with these Regulations, to pay training supplements to persons to facilitate and encourage their training as teachers to teach subjects in the Welsh language as well as in the English language.

Conditions for payment of training supplements

4.-(1) A training supplement shall not be paid to a person who has previously completed a course of initial teacher training.

(2) A training supplement shall not be paid to a person unless:-

(a)the conditions of regulation 6 of these Regulations are fulfilled;

(b)he satisfies the Secretary of State that he intends, on becoming a qualified teacher, to seek appointment in a secondary school maintained by a local education authority in Wales; and

(c)he applies in such form at such time and supplying such particulars as the Secretary of State may determine.

Further conditions

5.-(1) The Secretary of State may from time to time determine further conditions on the fulfilment of which the making of any payment in pursuance of these Regulations shall be dependent.

(2) Where conditions have been determined in pursuance of this regulation, no grant shall be payable unless such conditions have been fulfilled.

(3) The Secretary of State may determine to withdraw or vary conditions determined in pursuance of this regulation.

Courses for which training supplements are tenable

6. A training supplement shall neither be paid to a person nor be tenable by him except in respect of a full-time course being a course of initial teacher training leading to a Post-Graduate Certificate of Education:-

(a)provided by an establishment in England or Wales named by the Secretary of State;

(b)beginning on or after 1st September 1988;

(c)designed to prepare persons to teach subjects in the Welsh language as well as in the English language to pupils in secondary schools, and

(d)such that the period which the person in question would require for its completion (after the exclusion of any period for which he is excused attendance) would ordinarily not exceed one academic year.

Duration of training supplements

7.-(1) Subject as hereinafter provided, a training supplement shall be payable for the period ordinarily required for the completion of the course in respect of which it is granted, less such part, if any, as the holder is excused from attending.

(2) If the authorities of the establishment at which a training supplement is tenable refuse to allow a holder to complete his course, his training supplement shall terminate forthwith.

(3) If, by reason of ill health or otherwise, the holder does not, or does not reasonably expect to, complete his course within the period ordinarily required, the Secretary of State may extend the period for which the training supplement is payable.

(4) If, after consultation with the authorities of the establishment at which a training supplement is tenable, the Secretary of State is satisfied that a holder has:-

(a)abandoned the course in respect of which it is held; or

(b)by his conduct shown himself to be unfitted either to hold a training supplement or for employment as a teacher,

he shall terminate the training supplement.

(5) If the holder fails to furnish any information reasonably requested by the Secretary of State, or in response to such a request:-

(a)has furnished information which he knows to be false in a material particular; or

(b)has recklessly furnished information which is false in a material particular,

the Secretary of State may terminate the training supplement or suspend it in whole or in part; and, where he has so suspended a training supplement, he may subsequently either restore it from such date as he thinks fit or terminate it.

Amount and payment of training supplement

8.-(1) A training supplement shall be payable at the rate of £1,200.

(2) A training supplement may be paid in a lump sum or by instalments in either case at such time as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations empower the Secretary of State to pay training supplements to persons undergoing training as teachers to facilitate and encourage their training to teach subjects in Welsh as well as in English (regulation 3).

To be eligible for a supplement, a person must not previously have completed a course of initial teacher training, must have been accepted for the course and must satisfy the Secretary of State of his commitment to teaching in secondary schools in Wales.

Claims for payment of a supplement are to be made in such form and with such particulars as the Secretary of State may determine (regulation 4).

The Secretary of State may determine further conditions, or amend such further conditions, on the fulfilment of which the payment of a supplement shall be dependent (regulation 5).

The supplements are tenable only in respect of full-time courses of up to one year's duration being courses of initial teacher training leading to a Post-Graduate Certificate of Education, designed to prepare persons to teach subjects in Welsh as well as in English (regulation 6).

A supplement is for the normal duration of the course in respect of which it is granted, but, in certain circumstances, the period may be extended or payment of the supplement may be suspended or terminated (regulation 7). The value of the supplement is £1,200. (regulation 8).