Fury as school takes children out of lessons for Labour conference | Politics | News
Although a teaching union is at school hours, he is accused of breaking the rules of the government after using children in his campaign outside the Labor Conference. The National Education Union (Neu) distributed brochures because of the initiative of their children.
Apart from the Liverpool Conference, it was seen outside the Liverpool Conference, which distributes stickers with the message “Free School Dishes for All”. Neu’s motivation is to fight children poverty by defending policies such as universal free school food. Shadow Education Secretary Laura Trott described the participation of children as a “clear violation” of the rules that prohibit the abduction of teachers and students to participate in protests.
Daily Mail told Mail: “It is unacceptable to remove children from school to campaign on behalf of the unions.
“Unions do not condemn the impact of the absence of school on education by enabling them to enter political protests.
“Children are not tools for political activism, and trade unions should know better than exploiting them in this way. This is a clear violation of government guidance that prohibits the absence of political protests during school hours.”
The directives of the Ministry of Education state that “a student should not be absent to participate in protests during school hours”.
A Neu Spokesman: “The brochure session at the Labor Party Conference was to emphasize the free school dinner campaign for all primary school children.
“This conference became a brochure because labor teachs the existing government and students to elected politicians how to raise their ideas and voices.
“Giving students the opportunity to come and interact with selected politicians exposes them to positive role models, increases their wishes and gives them information about the rights in a democracy.
“The requirements of political impartiality in schools prohibit the promotion of partisan political rules, but this campaign is not for any side, and in fact, the deputies were lobbyed on all sides.”
