The full Coalition Agreement last May said: «We will fund 200 all - postal
primaries over this Parliament, targetted at seats which have not changed hands for many years.»
Not exact matches
The
primary that saw the sitting Member of
Parliament, Nii Armah Ashietey defeated last year, sparked various controversy in the Constituency with party supporters petitioning the Constituency, Regional, National Executives of the NDC, as well as the founder of the party, J.J. Rawlings
over his daughter's eligibility to contest the
primary.
Incumbent Member of
Parliament of
Parliament for Ningo - Prampram was shockingly beaten by his protégé, Sam George in one of the rancorous
primaries held
over the weekend.
The late Desmond William Ocloo won the
primary in November 2015, by triumphing
over David Tetteh - Assumeng, who has been in
Parliament since 2004.
As a result, around two thirds of
primary schools will see a real - terms cut in their budget
over the course of this
parliament.
The Department for Education (DfE) estimated that 417,000 additional places will be needed
over the lifetime of the current
Parliament (2010 - 2015), with the surge in
primary places beginning to move through to secondary schools.
The government says it put # 5bn into creating new places in the last
parliament and would spend another # 7bn
over the next six years in response to the steep rise in pupil numbers now affecting both
primary and secondary school.
It is also less than what was pledged by Labour, which wants to spend an additional # 6.3 billion on schools
over the next
parliament, including plans to extend universal free school lunches to all
primary pupils.