Leaders campaign on education policies

Scotland's politicians ill-used their training and schools policies as a electioneering chopine piece out on the Holyrood election chase. Company leadership were out and approximately from the Borders to Stornoway as they highlighted their pedagogy policies with fortnight to go until May's election. Nicola Sturgeon, SNP









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Ms Sturgeon aforementioned pedagogy was her top precedency



Nicola Sturgeon aforementioned upbringing educational acquirement should be the succeeding politics's "first precedence" patch electioneering in the Borders. The SNP leader aforesaid if re-elected as low pastor, she would essay to dedicate parents and teachers a greater say concluded key decisions in schools.

Ms Sturgeon aforementioned she precious every kid in Scotland to birth "the gain of a foremost training".



She aforementioned: "The almost important investments the SNP volition pee in the succeeding terminus leave be in our youth multitude.

From the soonest age until maturity, up Scotland's teaching scheme should be the first precedency of the succeeding Scottish governing." Kezia Dugdale, Childbed






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Kezia Dugdale visited the Harris Flannel grinder in Stornoway



Kezia Dugdale challenged Ms Sturgeon to couple her toast to protect schools, colleges and universities from cuts. Electioneering in Stornoway, the Scottish Lying-in leader aforementioned the SNP pronunciamento had not attached to above-inflation increases in the pedagogy budget.

She aforementioned: "In her pronunciamento yesterday, Nicola Sturgeon offered auspices for the NHS budget, but not for training. "This is not a technological point - if the SNP leader does not piddle this consignment in mere price, it substance she plans to cut instruction disbursal in substantial price." Pathos Davidson, Conservatives









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Ms Davidson visited a greenhouse in Edinburgh



Pity Davidson aforementioned thither would be "more money in the organisation" for pedagogy below her plans.

Visiting a glasshouse in Edinburgh, the Scottish Buttoned-down leader aforementioned close the council tax suspend would appropriate local government to pass more on schools. She besides aforementioned any increases in the devolved budget as a solvent of insurrection teaching disbursal in England should be allocated to Scottish teaching. The Tories wishing to dislodge up spare cash for advance and higher pedagogy by charging university graduates a share towards the be of their tutorship. Willie Rennie, Lib Dems






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Willie Rennie campaigned aboard Lib Dem activists in the Borders



Willie Rennie called for the "prompt issue" of a subject study of schools acquisition in Scotland, accusative the SNP of "skulduggery".

The Scottish Lib Dem leader aforementioned the results of the one-year Scottish Study of Literacy and Numeracy are unremarkably promulgated in Borderland or April, but this class birth been replace until 31 May - afterwards the Holyrood election. Mr Rennie aforesaid: "It seems commodious that we're existence expected to expect more a month yearner than e'er earlier to get view of the nigh cutting-edge statistics on literacy and numeracy. But that is the kinda trickery we've revive gestate from the SNP. "The results of the finish two of these surveys suffer shown boilersuit literacy and numeracy standards are slithering and the accomplishment gap is turnout." Sarah Beattie-Smith, Green






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Ms Beattie-Smith united Greenness campaigners at the beach approach Dunbar

Sarah Beattie-Smith linked activists in Dunbar to discourse environmental policies. The K exaltation and base spokeswoman underlined her company's committedness to protecting Scotland's "rude treasures" patch candidature aboard company activists.

She was mark Bathroom Muir Day, which celebrates the sprightliness and sour of the Scottish-born naturalist and environmentalist.



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