£70million To Schools!! - Sounds Good, Right?

[Socialsmo o Muerte]

"LABOUR PUSHES £70MILLION BOOST TO UK SCHOOLS"

I saw this headline in the paper and thought, "Finally, a big step towards improving standards of schooling".

But then I read on.

The government has warranted spending £70million on "increasing the amount of cultural activities in the school day".....What?

I find the tolerance of teachers quite remarkable. NUT have got to attack this new piss-take by Blair and his buddies. Do they not think that, before "increasing the amount of cultural activities", they should be paying the people who educate the youth of this nation a bit more than the laughable salaries they are on at the moment?

Forutnately, it is likely that NUT will continue in it's recent slating of government incentives. The Union is finally standing firm against the government and there finally seems to be some unity within the group.

For now, we just have to take this policy with tongue-in-cheek, as usual. Hopefully though, the Union will act.

I'm thinking, how will they fit in these "cultutal activities" amongst all the bloody exams pupils are taking anyway.

Any thoughts?

(Edited by Socialsmo o Muerte at 4:43 pm on June 3, 2003)

[Invader Zim]

70 million is peenuts anyway, a suitible increase would be 7 billion however I agree with you, it is not being properly used, teachers wages would be a far better use.

Just another example of labour party mismanagment of state systems.

[Reuben]

the NUT while being somewhat radical at grassroots level is controlled by a pro-new labour bureaucracy.

[bluerev002]

70 mill? That is good, but its in no way of a lot. Schools need more money for everything, books, computers, ect.

Its pretty much shit because here in my district (in the US) they are taking 5 million away, I wonder how this is going to affect my senior year :(

[scott thesocialist]

70 million is fuck all, the cost of the new scottish parliment has just been raised by 70million, the millineum dome cost 1 billion and the government gave it away. the only reason they print this information is that some small minded people will read it and think wow thats good i'll vote labour. the fact is schools have no money to pay teachers they are under staffed and will under perform. the whole system needs turnded around, and the government just know are heading for private schools, hospitals, public transport and they need stopped!