Education - Primary
A move back to basics will be a standard requirement of the curriculum Support those educational approaches that work and either fix or end those that have failed An educational system that teaches children how to think and how to succeed An educational system that teaches our children right from wrong, one that teaches them respect, and decency
Increase the Operations Grant by 10% Complete the Staffing Review Group recommendations and then begin a programme of reducing pupil to teacher ratios in years 1-8 Encourage partnerships between high and low-decile schools for their mutual benefit Incorporate environmental education into the core curriculum at all levels
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Set clear national standards in reading, writing, and maths Require primary schools to use assessment programmes that compare the progress of their students with others across the country Give parents the right to see all assessment information, and get regular reports about their child’s progress
Reformulate the decile funding component to lift the amounts available to those in decile 3-10 schools Promote a programme of 'values' education in schools Create a co-ordinated system of school support building on the Learning Support Centres Increase resources and funding to revitalise and run the National Anti Bullying Campaign in school Promote a programme of 'values' education in schools
Support the regular use in primary school of diagnostic pre-testing for literacy and numeracy as the basis for teaching Set a minimum number of hours are established for the teaching of literacy and numeracy Increase access to Reading Recovery Endorse intentions to drop the teacher/pupil ration for Year 1 Students to 1:15, and recommend that Years 2 & 3 be progressively dropped to 1:22 and Years 4-8 progressively dropped to 1:25