Getting it wrong

I heard on BBC Radio Scotland’s Morning Call that Aberdeenshire Council are debating a petition by 70

parents to educate their kids at home. No wonder.

The rising tide of bad behaviour, physical attacks on staff, teacher shortages, failed inclusion strategies, plummeting literacy and numeracy and widespread condemnation of the Curriculum for Excellence would make many think twice of entrusting their kids’ education to this failing system. The council should

scrap the debate and seriously, honestly, discuss the real problems in our schools.

Supporting the petition, Cllr Alison Evison invoked the hapless GIRFEC mantra (Getting It Right For Every Child) which spatters most Scottish Government education reports and strategy documents. Perhaps they should change it to GIRFLOP:GETTING It Rong for Lots Of Pupils. Please excuse my spelling. ALLAN SUTHERLAND

Willow Row, Stonehaven