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Schools ‘slacking in anti-racist fight’

by Steve Sweeney

SCHOOLS and colleges are not doing enough to promote racial equality, NASUWT’s black and minority ethnic teachers’ conference heard at the weekend.

The 500 delegates in Birmingham on Saturday heard that only 6 per cent of BME teachers felt that schools and colleges are doing enough to tackle discrimination. The conference called for mandatory racial equality training for all teachers.

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