Policy Differences in British Politics

Policy Differences in British Politics

EDUCATION
Unlocking the talent of each and every young person is at the heart of Labours vision for education. Since 1997 Labour has transformed education, young people are achieving some of the best ever results at 11, 14, 16 and 18. They have doubled the investment in education from £39 billion in 1997 to £63 billion in 2007/2008 and this will rise further to £76 billion in 2010/2011. There long term aim is to close the gap between private and state education, raising the level of investment per pupil to today’s private school levels. So far Labour has doubled the amount spent per pupil since 1997 from £2,900 to over £5,850. They have delivered over 39,000 more teachers and 147,000 more teaching assistants. This resulted in 470,000 more young people gaining five good GCSE’s and over 1,100 new schools have been rebuilt or newly built. Labour is committed to rebuilding or refurbishing every secondary school and half of the primary schools in the coming years. Labours policies for education include guarantees for every young person up to the age 18 an apprenticeship, training or a place to study free of charge by 2015 , they will increase the number of apprenticeships for 16 to 18 year olds to 90,000 by 2013, they will give £200 million over the next three years to help achieve a further 30% of schools pupils gain five good GCSE,s including maths and English by 2011, ensure that every child leaves primary school confident in there literary and numerical skills by offering coaching to 30,000 pupils in literacy and numerical skills every year and in secondary schools they will provide one to one tuition for 300,000 pupils in math’s and english who are falling behind their piers.

The Conservative party has a different view on the education system , its more centered on what happens in the classroom to try and stop the so called decline in standards and create the excellent schools our children deserve by undertaking a long term programme to close the gap between...

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