In a damning statement, Gove claimed the GTC generates unnecessary bureaucracy and wastes teachers' hard-earned cash.
"Since I have been shadowing education and more recently held the brief in government there has been one organisation of whose purpose and benefit to teachers I am deeply sceptical — the General Teaching Council for England," he said.
"I believe this organisation does little to raise teaching standards or professionalism. Instead, it simply acts as a further layer of bureaucracy while taking money away from teachers."
Gove said he would seek authority from Parliament to abolish the GTC as soon as possible, so that a new system for dealing with complaints about teachers can be introduced.
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