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The Government is committed to ensuring that high quality citizenship education helps to provide pupils with knowledge, skills and understanding to prepare them to play a full and active part in society.

There are more teachers in schools in England than ever before, and we\u2019ve recruited more trainees than we did last year in several priority subjects. We recognise the scale of the challenge, particularly as the economy improves, pupil numbers grow and the demand for talented graduates increases. The Government has put in place a range of measures for recruitment to teacher training for 2017/18 and are investing over \u00A31.3 billion up to 2020 to attract new teachers into the profession. This investment in training the next generation of teachers clearly demonstrates the political will we have to make sure that all schools are able to recruit the teachers they need.

Schools recruit teachers in a variety of different ways, not just straight from initial teacher training, so the impact of any recruitment shortfall is limited, and shortfalls in recruitment to teacher training, relative to targets, will not result in a teacher shortage.

It is also important to note classes in Citizenship are often taught by teachers who have trained in a different subject. All initial teacher training (ITT) providers must ensure trainees are able to demonstrate the Teachers\u2019 Standards at the appropriate level which include: having a secure knowledge of the relevant subject(s) and curriculum areas; foster and maintain pupils\u2019 interest in the subject; and address misunderstandings.

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