NUT campaign highlights education-spending promises
The National Union of Teachers is sharing a new video which looks at the scale of budget cuts under the current government.
Alongside the video, which has been viewed more than three million, the School Cuts website (http://www.schoolcuts.org.uk) has been updated to look at what the three main political party pledges will mean for education in England.
The website allows the user to enter in their post code in order to provide a breakdown of what a Conservative, Labour, or Liberal Democrat government would mean for school funding in that area.
The aim of the campaign is to raise awareness of the issue with funding problems within the education sector.
Kevin Courtney, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said: “Every parent, teacher and school staff
member knows the debilitating effect a chronic lack of money has for the quality and type of education schools can give to children and young people.
”Without sufficient funds schools will be forced to drop subjects from the curriculum, increase class sizes or cut staff numbers. Buildings are going unrepaired and begging letters to parents for money are all too common practice. We must do better.”
To see the video or for more information, see below.
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