Well, oil lamps or candles are all bygones but the phrase “the game is not worth the candle” has permanently caught on in the West. It’s probably going to stay. It’s a fun phrase to learn. At any rate, it’s a fun phrase to write about for me.
Alright, here are media examples of things that are deemed worth or not worth the candle:
1. The proposals for fast-track sackings angered the National Union of Teachers, which insisted head teachers should never allow a teacher to slip into gross incompetence. Doug McAvoy, its general secretary, said: “The country invests a great deal in the training of teachers and should not have that investment wasted through problems not being addressed early enough.”
The Government is to follow up its consultation with a second on ways to accelerate dismissal of incompetent head teachers. Among options under consideration is the introduction of fixed-term contracts for heads, which has already met fierce opposition from head teachers’ leaders.
The LGA, which is seeking to claw back influence in the hiring and firing of heads from school governors, proposes an alternative scheme under which staff moving into management positions in schools would work for a period “on trial” before being given a permanent post if they proved competent.
A crisis in recruiting head teachers which threatens the drive for higher standards in schools will spiral unless the Government breaks public spending limits and boosts heads’ pay, a teachers’ leader warned yesterday.
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