Ah yes, how to make population stupider so they will vote for more dumbasses.
Carnt wait to here how this is definitely the torys fault not the SNP despite them being in charge of Scottish education
This also happened in the mid-1990s (yes, we’d had over a decade of Conservative governments then too). Went to an underfunded inner-city school where options were limited but thankfully I was able to study sixth year studies mathematics at a neighbouring high school.
I wonder if there is scope here to expand distance learning so that kids can access more subjects? I know Edinburgh College now offer a range of open learning courses for S5 and S6 pupils perhaps other colleges do too?
Anyway, this is a UK-wide issue. Cost of living and reduced funding affecting resource and staffing etc.,
This is 12 years of Conservative governments reducing spending on public services in England which has a knock-on effect for the block grant received by the devolved nations. So while decisions about what the money is spent on lies with the Scottish Government, the funding available to education (and other public services) is ultimately constrained by whatever UK government decide to spend on England’s public services (i.e. increasingly less and less).
Devolution doesn’t protect Scotland and Wales from spending cuts made by UK government as they have to work within a fixed budget which is largely determined by Barnett consequentials: The Barnet Formula “determines the overall funding available for public services such as healthcare and education in the devolved nations” https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainers/barnett-formula
EDITED to add:
Yes, in recent years, the Scottish Parliament has gained limited revenue raising powers but surely devolution shouldn’t exist to off-set the costs off poor/callous decisions made by UK governments.
Can’t speak for Scotland but the same is happening in England, alongside the arts and technology being cut from the timetable for more maths and English. I’m the space of a term I taught one art lesson to the kids, which they absolutely loved and were desperate to have more of. I was not allowed to timetable more in and supplies were limited without me buying them myself. One of the schools I trained in only had the kids doing English, maths, PE and topic (which could be science or one of the humanities). Achievement was good but it was an awful timetable to teach, so I get the kids felt similar. Education needs to be well-rounded, both for attainment but mental health too.
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Ah yes, how to make population stupider so they will vote for more dumbasses.
Carnt wait to here how this is definitely the torys fault not the SNP despite them being in charge of Scottish education
This also happened in the mid-1990s (yes, we’d had over a decade of Conservative governments then too). Went to an underfunded inner-city school where options were limited but thankfully I was able to study sixth year studies mathematics at a neighbouring high school.
I wonder if there is scope here to expand distance learning so that kids can access more subjects? I know Edinburgh College now offer a range of open learning courses for S5 and S6 pupils perhaps other colleges do too?
Anyway, this is a UK-wide issue. Cost of living and reduced funding affecting resource and staffing etc.,
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2022/oct/22/exclusive-90-of-uk-schools-will-go-bust-next-year-heads-warn
This is 12 years of Conservative governments reducing spending on public services in England which has a knock-on effect for the block grant received by the devolved nations. So while decisions about what the money is spent on lies with the Scottish Government, the funding available to education (and other public services) is ultimately constrained by whatever UK government decide to spend on England’s public services (i.e. increasingly less and less).
Devolution doesn’t protect Scotland and Wales from spending cuts made by UK government as they have to work within a fixed budget which is largely determined by Barnett consequentials: The Barnet Formula “determines the overall funding available for public services such as healthcare and education in the devolved nations” https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainers/barnett-formula
EDITED to add:
Yes, in recent years, the Scottish Parliament has gained limited revenue raising powers but surely devolution shouldn’t exist to off-set the costs off poor/callous decisions made by UK governments.
Can’t speak for Scotland but the same is happening in England, alongside the arts and technology being cut from the timetable for more maths and English. I’m the space of a term I taught one art lesson to the kids, which they absolutely loved and were desperate to have more of. I was not allowed to timetable more in and supplies were limited without me buying them myself. One of the schools I trained in only had the kids doing English, maths, PE and topic (which could be science or one of the humanities). Achievement was good but it was an awful timetable to teach, so I get the kids felt similar. Education needs to be well-rounded, both for attainment but mental health too.