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General Teaching Council for Scotland appointment
18/07/2005
Education Minister Peter Peacock today announced the re-appointment of a ministerial nominee to the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS).
The re-appointed member is Ephraim Borowski. He was first appointed to the GTCS in 2001, and was Vice-convener of the Finance and General Purposes Committee, and a member of the Investigation Subcommittee and the Appeals Board of the tenth Council.
Before he retired in 2000, he was Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Philosophy at Glasgow University, and is currently consultant Development Officer at the Scottish Qualifications Authority.
His other experience of education includes President of the Glasgow Association of University Teachers and elected membership of both the University Court and Senate; the Academic Board and Scottish Committee of the Open University; membership of Hutchesons' Education Trust and a local School Board. He is currently Vice-Chair of the Forum on Scottish Education, and has also been President of the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow.
This re-appointment will be for four years and will run from November 2005 to October 2009. He has no other Ministerial Appointments.
This post is part-time and requires a time commitment of 12 to 15 days per month.
The GTCS is an Advisory Non-Departmental Public Body which was established by the Teaching Council (Scotland) Act 1965. Every teacher who wishes to teach in a local authority school in Scotland must first register with the GTCS. In maintaining the register and controlling entry to the profession, the GTCS maintains guardianship of the standards which ensure that pupils in Scotland are taught by appropriately qualified teachers.
This Ministerial public appointment was made in accordance with the Commissioner for Public Appointments in Scotland's Code of Practice.
All appointments are made on merit and political activity plays no part in the selection process. However, in accordance with the original Nolan recommendations, there is a requirement for appointees' political activity (if any) to be made public. In this instance, there was no political activity declared.