This program has been adopted by Dr Charlie Reed, Chancellor of the California State University, as the model for the CalStateTeach program that is now allowing hundreds of California teachers with emergency permits to gain their full credentials. If California shares the UK experience these people will make excellent teachers and stay in the profession. That is also true in our Learning Schools Program. This is a government-supported partnership between the Open University and a major computer vendor to train working teachers, in their schools, to use computers effectively in the classroom. We launched in November and already there are 35,000 teachers in the program.
Feedback is excellent.
Dr Richard Jarvis, Chancellor of the US Open University, who was formerly Chancellor of the University and Community College system of Nevada, is here with us today. I said that I would quote Winston Churchill twice. It has been a privilege to address you.