26.4.10 - Education Issues In The General Election

A number of people have been asking me during the last few weeks for my opinion on which political party is best on Education issues in the forthcoming General Election on 6th May 2010.

As you probably already know, I always try to never profess a personal opinion in my work. For example, I advise and represent both parents seeking mainstream schooling or special schooling for their child with special educational needs. It is my firm belief that it is parents who usually know what is right for their child assisted by people like me and other professional experts to provide them with more information to be able to reach an informed decision.

Applying that same principle here of helping people reach an informed decision, I now attach links to a few news articles which you may find helpful to read, to find out about what the main political parties are saying about their plans for Education generally:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/apr/20/education-policies-general-election

http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/apr/20/education-policy-election

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/schools/safe-in-their-hands-how-the-parties-differ-on-schools-and-universities-1944835.html

…and if you haven’t got time to read and digest everything, try this page from the BBC for a quick overview of some of the things the main parties are saying about Education issues being debated:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8515961.stm#subject=education&col1=conservative&col2=labour&col3=libdem

I hope that this helps you in some way.

Best wishes

Douglas

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