# The Public Services Reform (General Teaching Council for Scotland) Order 2011, 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2011/9780111012246/article/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-public-services-reform-general-teaching-council-for-scotland-order-2011/article-6
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.