Deputies defiant in the face of 11-plus wavering
A GROUP of senior deputies remain determined to end selection in secondary education, in the face of an ever-likely political U-turn.
Several senior politicians who voted to scrap the 11-plus last term have this week reaffirmed their commitment to fight for the fundamental change to the education system – although some have conceded that the pendulum has swung over to 'pro-selection'.
Of the 26 deputies who last term voted in favour of scrapping the 11-plus, just nine remain in the States for the next critical vote.
Among them, the States most senior politician, Policy & Resources president Gavin St Pier, said the States had made its decisions in March – including to end selection – and it was still up to anyone who wanted to change this policy direction to bring forward proposals and arguments.
His views had not changed.
'I do not think there has been anything that would change my mind that has so far been presented,' he said.
