Sentences with phrase «dismissed by the education secretary»

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Shadow Welsh Secretary Owen Smith has dismissed as «ignorance» and «smears» today's speech by Secretary of State Stephen Crabb on standards in Welsh education.

However, the general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, Christine Blower, dismissed his claims as «utterly unfounded» and warned: «This new measure will undermine broad education by driving schools towards a narrow range of options for young people...... There is a very real danger that some young people will be directed away from subjects that would best support their developing aptitudes and ambitions.»

However he dismissed suggestions by the education secretary that schools might be able to stay open with the help of parent volunteers, saying it was a «bit of a minefield.»