Article 6 General functions

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.