Michael Gove
Michael Gove
Michael Goveis a British Conservative politician, who was Secretary of State for Education from 2010 to 2014 and Secretary of State for Justice from 2015 to 2016. He has been the Member of Parliamentfor Surrey Heath since 2005. He is also an author and was a columnist for The Times...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth26 August 1967
teacher children important
The single most important thing in a child's performance is the quality of the teacher. Making sure a child spends the maximum amount of time with inspirational teachers is the most important thing.
sympathy children empathy
Learning a foreign language, and the culture that goes with it, is one of the most useful things we can do to broaden the empathy and imaginative sympathy and cultural outlook of children.
teacher children teaching
Proper history teaching is being crushed under the weight of play-based pedagogy which infantilises children, teachers and our culture.
dad fishing scotland
The common fisheries policy unfortunately led to the devastation of fishing in Scotland. My dad had to close his business. As a result something that he been built up by by grandfather and maintained by my dad disappeared. So my dad suffered.
nhs important want
Our most important public service will always be the NHS. And I want to say something clear and unambiguous about the future of the health service.
party able conservative
I hope that in the days to come, I'll be able to convince my colleagues that I should be one of the candidates that Conservative party members can choose from.
perfection trying world
In this fallen world, I suspect we will never achieve perfection. But that won't stop me trying.
teacher thinking has-beens
I think more and more respect has been accorded to teachers, and quite rightly so.
teacher different bigs
The big shift in approach on education that we are taking - which is different from what happened before - is that we trust teachers and we trust heads.
expectations horizon different
I have a different starting premise from those 100 academics who are so heavily invested in the regime of low expectations and narrow horizons which they have created.
teacher government discipline
When I talk to teachers they tell me the things they'd most like from any government are a reduction in bureaucracy, support to help ensure good discipline and a reformed Ofsted.
bumps unions deals
If we leave the European Union, yes there will be bumps in the road, inevitably, but we will be in a better position to deal with them.
destiny thinking giving
I think that what we have heard from the Remain campaign throughout this whole referendum have been dire warnings of the terrible consequences of the British people just taking control of our own destiny.And, the truth is, if we vote to Leave we will be in an economically stronger position. We will be able to take back some of the money that we currently give to the European Union and we can invest it in our priorities.
numbers attention unions
I'll negotiate with toughness, and with great attention to detail to get the best possible deal for Britain. It's only when we are outside the European Union that we can at last bring those numbers [of migrants] under control in the way that the public want.