UK schools have 20,000 unqualified teachers

This is an interesting article considering the tone and outcry reflected in  this recent post about creating youth apprenticeships in the classrooms. 

The number of unqualified staff, who include those currently in training on a "fast track" into the profession, and foreign teachers whose qualifications are not recognised in the UK, has mushroomed from just 3,000 when Labour came to power in 1997 to more than 20,000 last year, government figures have revealed.

 

How, then, can the call to allow only certified teachers/parents to homeschool be justified?

Here is a cryptic line... with no analysis to explain it.  Why is this so?

Last year, research found that pupils from poor homes are more likely to be taught by unqualified teachers than those in well-off areas.

Full article: The Independent