The deputy prime minister has added further fire to the idea that education mismanagement may exist in the current coalition government.

People in teaching jobs in London and the south-east took to the streets in industrial action last week, insisting the government's reforms were bad for the future of education and now Nick Clegg has shed some light on the divisions within the coalition by insisting that all teachers should be qualified and the national curriculum should be taught in every school.

Speaking to Sky News, the Lib Dem leader said his criticism of the "ideological" measures imposed by Conservative education secretary Michael Gove was not a government "crisis" merely a "perfectly sincere difference of opinion".

"Of course, there are tensions and pinch points. We are not identical parties," he said.

Mr Clegg explained the Conservatives do not want free schools and academies to have any "basic standards" to apply to them, while he believes that there needs to be a balance and some sort of unification between all the education institutions in England.

Last week, Lib Dem schools minister David Laws defended the use and performance of unqualified teachers in classrooms and his party leader said: "David Laws is right that that is the policy of the Department for Education. He is quite right in stating that is the present approach."

Tomorrow (October 24th) Mr Clegg will clarify his party's approach to education in a speech at a London school and although details are unclear at the moment, he insists he is proud of the Lib Dem's work over the last three years to increase school autonomy via the academies programme.

He believes the greater independence allows school leaders and heads to take responsibility in those areas where they know what is best for their pupils.

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