Pro-selection deputy is in charge at Education
MOVES to save selection look set to be made after former teacher Paul Le Pelley was voted as the political leader of the new-look Education committee.
Deputy Le Pelley, who beat off competition from three other candidates to become president of the Committee for Education, Sport & Culture, said the matter of selective education would be on the agenda of its first meeting.
He stood for election on the basis of having a revised form of selection, rather than the 11-plus.
He also wants to see four secondary schools retained and La Mare de Carteret schools rebuilt.
The States picked all the committee presidents yesterday, with former Environment deputy minister Barry Brehaut vowing not to revisit paid parking after taking the presidency of the Committee for the Environment & Infrastructure.
It was the Committee for Education, Sport & Culture, though, that attracted the biggest interest from candidates and the future of education was central.
Deputy Le Pelley, who was proposed by pro-selection Policy & Resources vice president Lyndon Trott, said he had made clear his position in support of a revised selective system.
