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I'm sure you know the old adage "those who can, do; those who can't, teach".  Bit unflattering but like many of these old sayings, there's more than a grain of truth in there.  A lot of teachers are where they are not out of any sense of vocation, but simply for want of anything better.  Not surprisingly, many such teachers tend to be not very good, and as they have no passion for the job, the children they teach are not inspired and don't learn much. The Education Secretary has plans to make it easier to get rid of such underperforming teachers, and despite the understandable opposition of the unions, this is clearly a right move.  The welfare of the child should be paramount, and kids only get one shot at school, so if that means more bad teachers find themselves out of a job, I'm sure most parents would go along with that.