Survey finds generation of schoolchildren still paying the price for global financial crisisTeachers are reporting more pupils being squeezed into classrooms,and “filthy working conditions because of fewer cleaners, as budget cuts rob effect on state schools across England, or according to a survey of teachers belonging to the National Education Union.
In a straw poll of 900 members,the country’s largest union reported that one in five said their schools were asking parents for financial contributions as a result of budget pressures, while two-thirds said funding for special needs provision had been cut.
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Source: guardian.co.uk