Nursery World - Teachers just say no to tasks

* The National Union of Teachers has asked the Association of Teachers and Lecturers and the NASUWT to agree a date from which teachers will no longer do any of the 25 tasks the Government says should be done by support or ICT staff instead. Among the tasks the unions want teachers to no longer undertake are collecting money, bulk photocopying, record keeping and filing, classroom display, ICT troubleshooting and repairs, and commissioning new ICT equipment.

Among the tasks the unions want teachers to no longer undertake are collecting money, bulk photocopying, record keeping and filing, classroom display, ICT troubleshooting and repairs, and commissioning new ICT equipment.

The move follows a poster published by the Government that lists the activities teachers should not be required to do. Doug McAvoy, NUT general secretary, said, 'The teachers' organisations will put the Government's policies into effect. It won't be hard. It'll be easy. Teachers will just say "No".'

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