by Lucy Ashton
Three leading politicians appeared on a BBC Sunday Show education special today.
Meghan Gallacher, pictured right, Scottish Conservative candidate for Uddingston and Bellshill, took part with SNP’s Jenny Gilruth and Paul O’Kane, of Scottish Labour.She told the listeners: “Scotland’s once proud education system is on its knees after two decades of SNP failure.
“Class sizes are bursting at the seams, the attainment gap has widened, and teachers are leaving the profession because of record levels of violent and verbal abuse in our schools.
“Parents across Scotland are being badly let down by SNP ministers who are failing to ensure their children have the support they need.
“Anything the SNP says pre-election about education is just shameless spin. Voters haven’t forgotten all the other election bribes they never delivered on like free laptops and bikes for pupils.
“Scotland’s young people cannot afford another five years of failure; we will end up with an entire generation on the scrapheap.
“That is why Scots must use their peach ballot paper to vote for the Scottish Conservatives on Thursday to stop an SNP majority.”