Academy teacher to address Indian education conference

BALLYMENA Academy teacher, Andy Brown, who is the Northern Ireland President of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, and who will become National President in September, is to address teachers in India this week.

By The Newsroom

Published 10th May 2010, 12:29 BST

Updated 10th May 2010, 15:53 BST

Mr Brown will give the keynote address on Thursday to the Indian National Conference for Teachers in Guwahati, Assam, and will speak on the theme, "New Frontiers in Education:steps towards greater profesionalism in teaching - lessons from the UK experience and their wider implications."

Mr Brown travels to India at the invitation of Global Schoolroom, a charitable organisation with links to Belfast insurance company, Adelaide, and it's director, Sam Geddis.

Mr Brown is delighted at this opportunity and said: "I am extremely honoured at this rare privilege. I'd like to thank Sam Geddis of Adelaide, and Global Schoolroom, for the work that they're doing and for the invitation. To speak to fellow teachers in India, and to see at first hand their work, will be humbling. I'm pleased and excited to have the opportunity to learn from them, and to share the work of ATL and teachers throughout the UK."

Ballymena Academy Northern Ireland