The Labour Party exposed the claimed flop a week after spending watchdog the National Audit Office published figures showing the Government had failed generally to recruit enough trainees for four years.
The Department for Education confirmed it had spent £4.3m to date on the 2012 troops initiative, which enables veterans without degrees to retrain as teachers.
The scheme was launched as part of moves by former education secretary Michael Gove - who hoped to attract 2,000 applicants - to instill in pupils military values such as leadership, discipline, motivation and teamwork.
Labour slammed as ‘half-hearted’ the Government’s efforts to attract veterans even after an earlier pledge by Prime Minister David Cameron to ‘make sure it’s working’.
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