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Where the private sector, or anyone else, has skills, knowledge and resources that can help to deliver a high quality of education and to raise standards, we should use them.
I am confident that the vast majority of teachers will work with us towards achieving that goal.
We do recognise the need to move towards the publication of information showing the progress made by pupils from one stage of their education to another.
However, the Government has made it clear that we do not encourage the recruitment of teachers from developing nations where there may be an adverse effect on the economy.
My Department has already recognised this and has been working specifically on the technical support issue since January and will offer advice to schools during the Autumn term.
If we can modernise the workforce, make them better qualified, have this framework of qualifications, then I think they have a very good case for more money.
My focus and that of all members of the Government responsible for delivering services to the public is to make sure that the public sector can use all the skills it needs to do the job the public wants it to do.
In the 21st century when few of us stay in the same job all our lives, I would like to think there was flexibility so teachers could become social workers, or foster carers become teachers.
If bringing up the next generation is important, why aren't they the best qualified, the best paid? Why aren't we as concerned about their career progression as we are about those who work in the education or health services?
Headteachers and governing bodies run schools and that won't change.
You have got to attract the brightest and the best, but the brightest and best won't stay unless they see real career options.
There is a shortage of teachers but the January 2001 schools census showed that teacher numbers were at their highest level than at any time since 1984 - and 11,000 higher than 1997.
I was head of the Sixth Form Centre when I left the school.
I taught for 17 years in an inner city comprehensive schools.
I want to give producers more financial security.
By creating useful job descriptions and making clear what qualifications should be expected, the Department aims to help improve schools' ability to recruit the right people.
It is a very unusual sector and the one thing I would ask of them is to understand that for most of them one-third of their films are being financed by the taxpayer and that carries huge accountability and responsibility.
The need for improved technical support in schools has expanded as the Government and schools have increased their investment in information and communications technologies.