PART 2THE GENERAL TEACHING COUNCIL FOR SCOTLAND
General functions6
The GTCS’s general functions are—
a
to keep the register;
b
to establish (and to review and change as necessary)—
i
the standards of education and training appropriate to school teachers;
ii
the standards of conduct and professional competence expected of a registered teacher;
c
to investigate the fitness to teach of individuals who are, or who are seeking to be, registered;
d
to keep itself informed of the education and training of individuals undertaking courses for the education and training of teachers;
e
to consider, and to make recommendations to the Scottish Ministers about, matters relating to—
i
teachers’ education, training, career development and fitness to teach; and
ii
the supply of teachers (except matters of remuneration or conditions of service); and
f
to keep such other registers of other individuals working in educational settings as it thinks fit.