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Kirsty slams WAG's education funding
September 23, 2009 12:00 AM
Kirsty Williams, Welsh Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Finance, has slammed the Welsh Government's Specific Education Grants, calling it a "poor system, poorly administered".
In an Assembly debate on the Finance Committee's inquiry into Special Education Grants Kirsty Williams has called for the grants system to be replaced with a more efficient and effective method.
Kirsty Williams said: "Throughout the committee's inquiry we were overwhelmed by damning evidence clearly showing that at all levels the system is not working. With this bureaucratic method weighing down school and college leaders, distracting local authorities from their true job of supporting educational institutions, and bogging down officials in Cathays Park - change is needed.
"This is the 4th report in 10 years which has given a damning indictment of the funding fog surrounding Specific Education Grants.
"In my constituency of Powys there has also been a particular problem in the ending of the grants and their roll-over into the LA's budget. With the council all too often expected to continue delivering the same services on far less money.
"We need a far more sophisticated formula for delivering education funding, with far less bureaucracy and far more accountability and I hope that the Minister will truly take on board the committee's recommendations."
Notes
The committee's report can be found at: http://www.assemblywales.org/bus-home/bus-guide-docs-pub/bus-business-documents/bus-business-documents-doc-laid.htm?act=dis&id=138825&ds=8/2009
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