Kenneth Clarke on UK education system

Title

Kenneth Clarke on UK education system

Genre

Press conference

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:02:14

Description

New Education Secretary Kenneth Clarke answers press questions about the educational system in the UK, his planned reforms including encouraging grant maintained schools, and how public spending should be directed. Speaking at an education conference in Leeds.

Contributors

Kenneth Clarke

Keywords

Budgets; Wages; Education; Public finance; Teachers; Conferences; Schools; Leeds; Grant maintained schools; Educational reform; Redundancies; Educational management; Teaching profession

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