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The Labour Party has criticized the governments proposed plans of turning all schools into academies today as it said the plans face a funding shortfall to the tune of £1.1bn ($1.6bn) and it exposes the education system to more harm than good. In his recent announcement, Chancellor George Osborne revealed that every UK state school will be converted into an academy by 2022.
According to the Labour party, the funds for the plan had only been set at around £140 million even though figures provided in a parliamentary question suggest that transforming each school into an academy would have an average cost of £66,000, with local councils expected to cover a further £12,300 per school. Shadow education secretary, Lucy Powell, has stressed that the scheme’s added cost has come at a time when schools were facing “huge challenges” from reduced budgets and a shortage of teaching staff. She highlighted that “this costly reorganization of our schools is an unnecessary and unfounded distraction, which could harm standards in our schools.”
There have been mixed reactions to Mr. Osborne’s budget outlines as the Labour party leader, Jeremy Corbyn, accused Osborne of being “utterly incapable” of introducing policies that would help the UK achieve equality. In 2014, polling by ICM found that 57% of people oppose academy schools, compared to just 32% who support them. Reports claim that work on the legislation will begin before the purdah period for May’s local and regional elections and the EU referendum.
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