Published Date:
04 February 2010
By Andrew Keddie
ALTHOUGH the devolved school management (DSM) budgets of the Scottish Borders Council's 65 primaries and nine secondaries will be protected in 2010/11, Lib Dem councillor Catriona Bhatia this week questioned the priorities of the Scottish Government on two key policy issues: the reduction of class sizes in P1-3 and the universal provision of free school meals.
"Personally I would rather have seen the money spent on increasing DSMs and giving head teachers more latitude to improve their schools," said Mrs Bhatia.
The SBC budget for next year has been obliged to take on board these national commitments, w...
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Last Updated:
03 February 2010 3:44 PM
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Source:
Southern Reporter
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Location:
Borders
