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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