The Guardian and the Mail have a story which does not appear elsewhere in the national press, as far as I know. Why? Because this is a story about education that was not announced by the government.
The usual sort of stories reported by education correspondents are the ones announced by a minister and therefore widely reported. The plan that schools should offer 10 hour days was a recent one. These announced, 'good news' stories involve more money being spent and facilities offered.
But this story, only reported in two papers, is about education cuts.
Thousands of evening classes and part-time courses are being scrapped following a cut in government funding, further education colleges said yesterday..
More than 200,000 adult education and training places on courses ranging from A-level English to painting and decorating will disappear in September, with further closures expected in 2006, principals warned. The Association of Colleges said fees for many of the remaining courses will double or even quadruple as colleges try to make up shortfalls in their budgets
Posted by James Bartholomew • Indexed in Education
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Ah, but when you hear the full story it's even worse. This isn't a planned cut - it's a cut to rebalance the books because the finances were disastrously managed. (I know some of the details through my day job - I'll say no more on a public comments page, methinks!)
Thanks for linking to Once More, by the way.
Posted by: Blimpish at June 16, 2005 01:32 PM
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Yes, the same thing is happening at Norwich City College as well. I live in Norfolk.
Along similar lines, the latest great idea "Kelly Hours" - I am informed that a similar project has just collapsed in N.I. because of a lack of money.
Posted by: Paul at June 16, 2005 07:40 AM