secret cameras in schools!!
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A city council has applied to install secret cameras in schools.
The plan is aimed at providing evidence to parents that their children and behaving badly.
Manchester City Council has applied for a Government grant to install web cameras in five schools as part of a discipline crackdown.
Chief education officer Mick Waters says the council is not trying to catch out teachers who struggle to control their classes.
But one union leader voiced fears that the idea smacked of a "Big Brother mentality" that would make teachers feel uneasy, despite the insistence that they were not the ones being spied on.
Mr Waters said 99% of children were well-behaved but the others showed no respect for their teachers or fellow pupils.
"They don't listen, they may talk out of turn. They hinder other people, they are noisy and they don't work when they are asked, disturbing other people's learning.
"Parents who don't usually see their children in school can find it difficult to believe some examples of their children's behaviour.
"Children will do best in school if they behave well and we are trying to work with these parents to make their children behave better."
A Manchester City Council spokeswoman said the schools to be fitted with the spy cameras if the bid for money from the Department for Education and Skills was successful, had not been chosen.
The plan is aimed at providing evidence to parents that their children and behaving badly.
Manchester City Council has applied for a Government grant to install web cameras in five schools as part of a discipline crackdown.
Chief education officer Mick Waters says the council is not trying to catch out teachers who struggle to control their classes.
But one union leader voiced fears that the idea smacked of a "Big Brother mentality" that would make teachers feel uneasy, despite the insistence that they were not the ones being spied on.
Mr Waters said 99% of children were well-behaved but the others showed no respect for their teachers or fellow pupils.
"They don't listen, they may talk out of turn. They hinder other people, they are noisy and they don't work when they are asked, disturbing other people's learning.
"Parents who don't usually see their children in school can find it difficult to believe some examples of their children's behaviour.
"Children will do best in school if they behave well and we are trying to work with these parents to make their children behave better."
A Manchester City Council spokeswoman said the schools to be fitted with the spy cameras if the bid for money from the Department for Education and Skills was successful, had not been chosen.
I suppose they are also putting gatso scameras in the corridoors? After all the little kiddies aren't allowed to run in them. (Just ROTFLMAO at the thought of little johhny picking up 3 points and a 60 lollipop fine at school assembly.)
DAZ
After parents were banned from filming videos of their little cherubs in the school nativity play last year I'm a little concerned the films could end up in the hands of paedophiles.
DAZ
After parents were banned from filming videos of their little cherubs in the school nativity play last year I'm a little concerned the films could end up in the hands of paedophiles.
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