I am committed to education for the needs of all. With the clear lack of skilled workers, we have to question the present obsession with leagues and the failure to provide training for employment. There is nothing wrong with the raw material, but the manufacturing process needs modernising.
Some interesting statistics which have to be put under the microscope and examined carefully : -
The county has 263 schools and in the four years up to 2001 the administration department at County Hall dealing with education has increased by a staggering 280 additional staff. We have to ask what they all do for the improvement of our children's education.
During that same period there has been a loss of 90 teachers to the county. We have to find out Why. Are a third of our schools short of staff?
With the changes in central government funding for education and training of 16 to 19 year olds, we have to look again at Sexeys School Bruton, and the provision of further education in Wincanton.
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