Search results

A MINISTER facing a vote of censure has denied misleading the States over figures he used to justify a cut to teachers’ starting salaries.

MORE than 2,300 pupils have been identified as eligible for a scheme that provides extra funding to children from disadvantaged backgrounds.

EDUCATION Minister Rod Bryans should be formally reprimanded for using ‘misleading data’ while arguing that the starting salaries of teachers should be cut, a backbencher has claimed.

A STUDENT loan scheme could be introduced in Jersey if taxpayers’ money is used to cover the cost of defaulted debt.

ISLANDERS are being invited to have their say in a review into Jersey’s student finance system.

A SCHEME that provides extra funding for children from disadvantaged backgrounds will be rolled out across the Island next month, the Education Minister has said.

PARENTS who are expecting to lose their right to receive free nursery education for their children under cost-cutting measures made by the Education Department have been given a 12-month reprieve.

TEACHERS and nursery care providers urged States Members to reject proposals to cut wages and free nursery care within a spending plan.

POTENTIAL cuts to the salaries of newly qualified teachers could be blocked, if a proposal from a backbench politician is approved.