THERE needs to be a public debate about how future large-scale improvements to the colleges will be paid for, according to the principal of Elizabeth College.

THERE is only one word to sum up Education’s approach to GCSE results: deceit.

GRANTS for colleges will be cut by £1.1m. over seven years after deputies voted through Policy Council proposals in yesterday’s debate.

AN AMENDMENT that would have led to a radical change in the way three colleges are funded was rejected this afternoon.

‘AT THE moment people are selected through the 11-plus system on ability. How much fairer can you get than that?’

MEANS-TESTING to determine how much the States pays to support each individual pupil’s college place would be fairer than the Policy Council’s proposed funding system, says Deputy Jan Kuttelwascher.

TO HER credit, Deputy Carol Steere has never been one to shy away from plain speaking and difficult choices.

EDUCATION minister Carol Steere has defended her views after stating her belief that the £4.5m. subsidy to the island’s colleges could be better spent elsewhere.

ONE of the superficially puzzling aspects of the row about taxpayers’ funding of the colleges is why the Education minister chose to trigger it in the first place.

PARENTS of children at the island’s colleges reacted with dismay yesterday at suggestions that vital States funding might be withdrawn.