Lisa Nandy – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lisa Nandy on 2014-03-21.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how the 60 mathematics teachers brought to the UK from Shanghai for an exchange organised by his Department were chosen.

Elizabeth Truss

We launched the Maths Teacher exchange between England and China in March 2014. The exchange will start in the next academic year. We are in the process of confirming arrangements, including which teachers from Shanghai will participate.