States to have education choice
EDUCATION is going to ask the States to back the decision of the previous Assembly on secondary education or give it a new mandate.
The latest twist in the saga came after a meeting between Education, Sport & Culture and the States' senior committee, Policy & Resources, yesterday.
Education president Paul Le Pelley said that his split committee would implement whatever policy was decided.
The policy letter could be before the States at its 2 November meeting.
The new move comes as politicians warned yesterday that a vote of no confidence could be looming for Education, as Deputy Le Pelley and his colleagues faced calls to consider their positions.
It all follows revelations of divisions within the committee, after Deputy Le Pelley's shock announcement in the States that a majority of its members were in favour of an all-ability secondary system – at odds with his own views.
Education will seek a decision on whether to rescind or endorse the resolutions made by the Assembly at the end of last term.
The current position is that the island would move to an all-ability model and have three schools.
