In its maifesto published last last week, the party says it would fund additional training for nursery teachers and better outdoor nursery facilities. It would stregthen links between home and school, and cut class sizes for all five to 11--year-olds to an average of 25 pupils.
The Scottish National Party has also proposed to cut class sizes in primary schools, initially targeting areas of deprivation, and says it would invest heavily in refurbishing schools.
It has a long-standing commitment to universal provision for three-and four year-olds but has not included any specific early years policies in its manifesto.
Labour's Scottish mainfesto says that all parents should receive the support they need so that every child starts school ready to learn. It makes a commitment to further expanding under-fives to further expanding under-fives provision and improving nursery education and childcare for working parents, and providing a free nursery place for every three-year-old whose parents wish it by September 2002. The party has also said that if re-elected it would fund an additional 20,000 classroom assistants in England.
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