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Thu 07 Jul 2009Concerns at complaints mechanism in schools
THE CHILDREN’S ombudsman has expressed concern at the absence of any mechanism to deal with teachers who engage in inappropriate behaviour towards children in schools.
Speaking at the publication of her fourth annual report yesterday, Emily Logan said her concerns related to the lack of any framework to deal with “professional conduct issues” among teachers when issues about discipline and how they spoke to and treated children were raised.
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