Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Three stikes and you're ...

By complete and total chance, the same morning that the Education Secretary has scrapped the SNP pledge on class sizes of eighteen for Primaries 1, 2 and 3:

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Manifesto Quote: "We will reduce class sizes in Primary 1, 2 and 3 to eighteen pupils or less to give children more time with their teacher at this vital stage of their development."

That's NOT going to happen.

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... the Scottish Government has also published the 2009 "Pre-school and Childcare Statistics" ...

And guess what: Whole Time Equivalents (WTE) of GTCS (General Teaching Council for Scotland) registered teachers in posts providing pre-school education has fallen for the second year running.

... worse still: the overall percentage of children who have access to a GTCS registered teacher providing pre-school education is exactly 70%.

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Manifesto Quote: "We will increase the provision of free nursery education for 3 and 4 year olds by 50 per cent. That means increasing the entitlement from 400 hours a year to 600 hours a year. We are concerned at the removal of nursery teachers from nurseries in some council areas. We will deliver access to a fully qualified nursery teacher for every nursery age child."

That's NOT going to happen.

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Of course, the other main education policy commitment, to match earlier school building programmes brick for brick will be delivered - won't it?

What is it that's commonly said about "three strikes and you're ... " ??

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