Explanatory Note
(This Note is not part of the Order)
This Order approves the Scheme of election for teacher-members (other than principals of colleges of education) of the General Teaching Council for Scotland who are required to be elected by virtue of Schedule I to the Teaching Council (Scotland) Act 1965. The Scheme revokes and re-enacts with modifications the Teaching Council (Scotland) Election Schemes of 1970 and 1977. The principal alterations are the requirement of only one notification of the election instead of two, the reduction of the number of supporters to sign the nomination forms from 20 to 5 and the introduction of a voluntary personal statement to be submitted by candidates for circulation with the ballot paper.